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Current consumption in active & sleeping

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Document number V_SES_20 Version V1.0
External Reference RF-TN-002 V1.0 Publication date 10/06/2011
Author Maxime Obr.
Internal Reference RF-TN-002 V1.0 Project Code N.A.
Document Name Current consumption in active & sleeping mode on BeanDevice® products (wireless sensors)

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1. TESTS OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................... 5

1.1 Equipment Used ........................................................................................................................................ 5
1.2 Installation Diagram ................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Tests conditions......................................................................................................................................... 5

2. CURRENT CUNSOMPTION ............................................................................................................................. 6

2.1 BeanDevice® AX-3D ................................................................................................................................. 6
2.1.1 Current consumption in active mode ............................................................................................... 6
2.1.1 Current consumption in sleeping mode ........................................................................................... 7
2.2 BeanDevice® HI-INC Standard & Xrange - 1 axis .................................................................................... 8
2.2.1 Current consumption in active mode ............................................................................................... 8
2.2.1 Current consumption in sleeping mode ........................................................................................... 9
2.1 BeanDevice® HI-INC & HI-INC Xrange - 2 axis...................................................................................... 10
2.1.1 Current consumption in active mode ............................................................................................. 10
2.1.1 Current consumption in sleeping mode ......................................................................................... 11

3. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................................. 12

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1. TESTS OVERVIEW

1.1 EQUIPMENT USED

 BeanDevice® AX-3D
 BeanDevice® HI-INC – 1 axis
 BeanDevice® HI-INC – 2 axis
 BeanDevice® TOR
 ELC Power Supply – AL942
 RIGOL multimeter, used as an ammeter
 BEAMEX MC2 – used as a voltmeter
 A 0.1 Ω resistor – 1% - 3W

1.2 INSTALLATION DIAGRAM

1.3 TESTS CONDITIONS

 Room temperature : 24°C

 Humidity : 65%

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2. CURRENT CUNSOMPTION

2.1 BEANDEVICE® AX-3D

The BeanDevice® AX-3D 2g and 10g comes with the same power consumption.

2.1.1 Current consumption in active mode

ACTIVE MODE
AX-3D - Internal battery socket power supply (V) Current Consumption (mA) 63
3,1 62,25
3,2 62,7 62,5
Current Consumption (mA)

3,3 61,93
3,4 61,8 62
3,5 62,5 AX-3D - Internal
3,6 61,28 61,5
battery socket
3,7 61 power supply (V)
61
3,8 60,78
3,9 60,54 60,5
4 60,3
4,1 60,1 60
4,2 59,9
AX-3D - External socket power supply (V) Current Consumption (mA) 59,5
8 50,2 3 3,5 4
9 44,9
10 40,6 Internal battery power supply (V)
11 37,3
12 34,9
13 32,7
60
14 30,7
15 29,2
16 28,1 50
17 26,6
Current Consumption (mA)

18 25,6 AX-3D -
40 External
19 24,8 socket
20 23,8 power
20,95 23 30 supply (V)
22 22,3
23 21,6 20
24 21,2
25 20,9
10
26 20,6
27 20
28 19,6 0
7 12 17 22 27

External socket power supply (V)

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2.1.1 Current consumption in sleeping mode

SLEEPING MODE
70
AX-3D - Internal battery socket power supply (V) Current Consumption (µA)
3,1 60 60

Current consumption (µA)

3,2 62,7
50
3,3 54,8
3,4 36,9 40
Current
3,5 36,9 30 Consumption
3,6 36,9 (µA)
3,7 36,9 20
3,8 36,9 10
3,9 37
4 37,1 0
4,1 37,1 3 3,5 4
4,2 37,1 Internal battery socket power supply (V)
AX-3D - External socket power supply (V) Current Consumption (mA)
8 8,38
9 8,08 9
10 7,81
11 7,58 8
Current consumption (µA)

12 7,37 7
13 7,29
14 7,13 6
15 7,07 5 Current
16 7
Consumption
17 6,97 4
(mA)
18 6,97
3
19 6,97
20 6,97 2
20,95 6,96
22 6,99
1
23 7,01 0
24 7,04
25 7,07
7 12 17 22 27
26 7,14
External battery socket power supply (V)
27 7,17
28 7,24

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2.2 BEANDEVICE® HI-INC STANDARD & XRANGE - 1 AXIS

2.2.1 Current consumption in active mode

ACTIVE MODE 74
HI-INC - 1 axis- Internal battery socket power supply (V) Current Consumption (mA)
73

Current Consumption (µA)

3,1 73,54
3,2 72,9 72
3,3 72,1
71 Current
3,4 71,5
Consumption
3,5 70,9 70
(µA)
3,6 70,4 69
3,7 70,05
68
3,8 69,8
3,9 69,1 67
4 68,6 3 3,5 4
4,1 68,09 1 axes- Internal battery socket power supply (V)
4,2 67,61
HI-INC - 1 axis - External socket power supply (V) Current Consumption (mA)
8 56,5 60
9 50,07

Current Consumption (mA)

10 45,15 50
11 41,14
12 38,15 40
13 35,56
14 33,51 30 Current
15 31,73 Consumption
16 29,96
20 (mA)
17 28,59
18 27,51
19 26,46 10
20 25,5
20,95 24,66 0
22 23,81 7 12 17 22 27
23 23,17
24 22,51 External socket power supply (V)
25 21,9
26 21,67
27 20,98
28 20,59

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2.2.1 Current consumption in sleeping mode

45
40

Current consumption (µA)

SLEEPING MODE 35
HI-INC - 1 axis - Internal battery power supply Current Consumption (µA) 30
3,1 42 Current
25
3,2 42 Consumption
3,3 40,5 20 (µA)
3,4 29,3 15
3,5 29,5 10
3,6 29,5
5
3,7 29,6
3,8 29,6 0
3,9 29,6 3 3,5 4
4 29,7
4,1 29,6 Internal battery socket power supply (V)
4,2 29,7
HI-INC - 1 axis - External socket power supply Current Consumption (mA)
8 8,35
9 7,93
10 7,61
11 7,38
12 7,18
13 7,06
14 6,96
15 6,88
16 6,82
17 6,79
18 6,77
19 6,76
20 6,76
20,95 6,77
22 6,79
23 6,82
24 6,84
25 6,89
26 6,95
27 7,01
28 7,07

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2.1 BEANDEVICE® HI-INC & HI-INC XRANGE - 2 AXIS

2.1.1 Current consumption in active mode

81
ACTIVE MODE 80

Current Consumption (mA)

HI-INC - 2 axis - Internal battery socket power supply (V) Current Consumption (mA)
79
3,1 80,3
3,2 79,4 78
3,3 78,7 77 Current
3,4 78 Consumption
76 (mA)
3,5 77,2
3,6 76,4 75
3,7 75,6 74
3,8 75 73
3,9 74,3
72
4 73,7
4,1 73,1 3 3,5 4
4,2 72,6 HI-INC - 2 axes - Internal battery socket power supply (V)
HI-INC - 2 axis - External socket power supply (V) Current Consumption (mA)
8 58,6 70
9 53,1
10 47,9 60
11 43,8
12 40,6
50
Current Consumption (mA)

13 38,1
14 35,9
Current
15 33,9 40 Consumption
16 32,3 (mA)
17 30,8
30
18 29,5
19 28,4
20 27,3 20
20,95 26,54
22 25,5
10
23 24,8
24 24,1
25 23,5 0
26 22,8 7 12 17 22 27
27 22,5
HI-INC - 2 axes - External socket power supply (V)
28 22

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2.1.1 Current consumption in sleeping mode

SLEEPING MODE
Input battery power supply - HI-INC - 2 axis Current Consumption (µA)
60
3,1 48
3,2 48
50
3,3 47,9
3,4 29,7

Current Consumption (µA)

3,5 29,7 40

3,6 29,7 Current

Consumption
3,7 29,7 30
(µA)
3,8 29,7
3,9 29,7 20
4 29,7
4,1 29,5
10
4,2 29,7
HI-INC - 2 axis - External socket power supply (V) Current Consumption (mA)
0
8 7,8
3 3,2 3,4 3,6 3,8 4 4,2
9 7,8
Input battery power supply (V) - HI-INC - 2 axes
10 7,6
11 7,35
12 7,19
13 7,06
14 6,95 8
15 6,88
16 6,8
7,8
17 6,78
18 6,76
19 6,75 7,6
Current Consumption (mA)

20 6,75
20,95 6,77
22 6,78 7,4 Current
23 6,81 Consumption
24 6,84 (mA)
7,2
25 6,88
26 6,94
27 7,01 7
28 7,07

6,8

6,6
7 12 17 22 27

HI-INC - 2 axes - External socket power supply (V)

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3. CONCLUSION

Battery power supply :

BeanDevice® Reference Mode Current consumption Current consumption

minimum value @ 25°C maximum value @ 25°C

HI-INC Standard & ACTIVE 72.6 mA 80.3 mA

XRange – 2 axis SLEEPING 29.7 µA < 40 µA

HI-INC Standard & ACTIVE 67.6 mA 73.5 mA

Xrange – 1 axis SLEEPING 29.7 µA < 40 µA

AX-3D Standard & ACTIVE 59.9 mA 62.2 mA

Xrange SLEEPING 37.1 µA 60 µA

External power supply :

BeanDevice® Reference Mode Current consumption Current consumption

minimum at 25°C maximum at 25°C

HI-INC Standard & ACTIVE 22 mA 58.6 mA

XRange – 2 axis SLEEPING 7.1 mA 7.8 mA

HI-INC Standard & ACTIVE 20.6 mA 56.5 mA

Xrange – 1 axis SLEEPING 7.1 mA 8.35 mA

AX-3D Standard & ACTIVE 19.6 mA 50.2 mA

Xrange SLEEPING 7.3 mA 8.4 mA

 The results which are presented above in the tables, give an idea of the current consumptions you
can have at 25°C.

 The weather conditions affect the BeanDevices® current consumption

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