Q26Extreme power consumption

Legacy Legacy AirPrime modules
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Hi all,

Has anyone measured the average current draw/consumption of the Q26Extreme? The manual says that it should be between 27.6 & 32.8mA @VBATT=3.8V for idle mode, but I seem to be getting twice that.

Ross

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Hi
If the module is idle, the UART interface should be disabled so as to reduce the current consumption.Just try out these steps and check the current consumption

  1. issue AT+WIND=255 [activate the WIND indication]
  2. waif for +WIND: 4 [initialization has been completed]
  3. pull the DTR pin to high (in view of the module) - This is to disable the UART interface
  4. Now check the current consumption.

Anyways which firmware are you using?? There was a known issue like this before but i guess that has been fixed in the latest firmware version(7.45).

Regards
Paruthiv

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Thanks Paruthiv, yes we found after a lot of testing the V7.42 has an issue with power consumption. It is not there in V7.4a or 7.44