Naman Chauhan
Published © GPL3+

Reducing Arduino Power Consumption

One the most important feature of portable electronics should be long battery life. We can reduce the current drawn by several ways.

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Reducing Arduino Power Consumption

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Microchip ATmega328 with Arduino Optiboot (Uno)
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Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
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Male/Male Jumper Wires
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Capacitor 22 pF
Capacitor 22 pF
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16 MHz Crystal
16 MHz Crystal
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Adafruit 2200 mAh Battery - 5V 1A
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SparkFun USB to Serial Breakout - FT232RL
SparkFun USB to Serial Breakout - FT232RL
Optional
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Male Header 40 Position 1 Row (0.1")
Male Header 40 Position 1 Row (0.1")
USB to Serial Breakout Board
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Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

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Schematics

Atmega328 with minimal circuit schematics

The FTDI programmer in the upper left corner is an optional component.

Code

Sketch to put peripherals to idle state

C/C++
Remember to install the library.
#include <LowPower.h>

void setup()
{
  pinMode(13,OUTPUT);
}

void loop() 
{
  digitalWrite(13,HIGH);
  delay(2000);
  digitalWrite(13,LOW);
  LowPower.idle(SLEEP_2S, ADC_OFF, BOD_OFF, TIMER2_OFF, TIMER1_OFF, TIMER0_OFF, 
                SPI_OFF, USART0_OFF, TWI_OFF); 
  //Enter idle state for 8 s with the rest of peripherals turned off
  //Each microcontroller comes with different number of peripherals
}

Download LowPower Library - Github

Credits

Naman Chauhan

Naman Chauhan

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Programmer, electronic adept masquerading as Computer Science student. Email for Cooperation/Sponsorships to chauhannaman98@gmail.com

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