Charles Lohr

Jumping the gun with low-power on the ESP8266 (Patreon)

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2018-01-15 07:32:06

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This was a pretty intensive weekend with a bunch of fairly interesting rabbit holes.

WARNING: I am sending this to you guys BEFORE I even know if it will be ready as the test has only been running for two hours at the time I'm sending this!

Anyway, between a bunch of unusual tricks and learning a ton of stuff, I found what I think to be a pretty cool project.

This video will not be going live until TUESDAY depending on how the test goes. I hope you guys enjoy it!

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ROUGH DRAFT: Unusually Low Power with the ESP8266

I wanted to see how low power the ESP8266 could be if it was no longer constrained by the infrastructure of 802.11. The results were shocking. Power savings was INCREDIBLE. Watch this video to see the results and my process. To support projects like this and get early access, visit my patreon: http://patreon.com/cnlohr Repositories of interest: https://github.com/cnlohr/tplink-raw-wifi https://github.com/cnlohr/MinEspSDKLib Watch my test, live: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oay41nWtpytSJAVGPSehMkfOp5g8D0GKNWIzqUzic_0/edit?usp=sharing (NOTE: I will be trying different calibration data periodically) Here is a static image of the power usage: https://twitter.com/cnlohr/status/953020454939348993