power?

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donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: Australia Posts: 1314	Posted: 06:33am 11 Nov 2011         pcaffalldavis said   I run all my SM1s on a 9 volt bench supply. I did my first testing on a 9 volt battery. I was curious how long an alkaline could run it as a temperature sensor program was looping. I forget how long now, but it was only a few scant hours. Would it be better if I used 6 volts Don? Real problem is the MaxiMite, and DuinoMite for that matter, aren't designed to be used as a battery operated device using standard MM-Basic. The PIC32 is capable of running in low power, or sleep mode. If I recall, Geoff G. said it can be done, but you need an input interrupt pin to instruct the PIC32 to come out of sleep power mode, once you have entered it. Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com