Thingy91 has 600uA current consumption and nRF9160DK has 20uA for same firmware

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Hello, 
 I'm doing some current measurements on both the Thingy91 and the nRF9160DK and I'm seeing some weird behaviours. My setup is as follows: 
 First measure on the nRF9160DK. 
 1. Upload the blinky example to the DK 
 2. Connect the Nordic power profiler kit II to the P22 of the DK and start the measurement. I'm seeing an average current consumption of 20uA 
 
 Then measure on the Thingy91. 
 1. Upload the blinky example to the Thingy91 
 2. Connect the Nordic power profiler kit II to the P1 of the Thingy91 (SB3 is cutted) and start the measurement. I'm seeing an average current consumption of 600uA.

Do you have any idea why there is this huge current consumption difference? I tried turning off the uart0 and uart1 in the Thingy but I still had 600uA of current consumption. 
 // Turn off logging (which is using UART0):
 console = device_get_binding(DT_LABEL(DT_CHOSEN(zephyr_console)));
 pm_device_action_run(console, PM_DEVICE_ACTION_TURN_OFF);
 // Turn off UART1:
 uart1 = device_get_binding(DT_LABEL(DT_NODELABEL(uart1)));
 pm_device_action_run(uart1, PM_DEVICE_ACTION_TURN_OFF); 
 Thanks and best regards

user96244 · Accepted Answer

Hi! Thank you for your response. 
 I was following this guide on how to connect the PPK2 to the nRF9160Dk https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/index.jsp?topic=%2Fug_ppk2%2FUG%2Fppk%2FPPK_user_guide_Quick_start.html . 
 It says to connect it like this 
 
 PPK2 VIN to VDD_nRF 
 PPK2 VOUT to VDD_nRF' 
 PPK2 GND to P28 
 
 With that configuration I measured the image above, but you're right is not correct, the pins were swapped. I connected it like this: 
 
 PPK2 VIN to P22 VDD_nRF' 
 PPK2 VOUT to P22 VDD_nRF 
 
 And now I'm seeing normal values.

Thingy91 has 600uA current consumption and nRF9160DK has 20uA for same firmware

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