Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Notebook

Re:Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Note... by srcmap on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @11:02AM (#16867911)

2W when idle is very high.

Are you sure it is just the Core A53 or is it measured in power/battery connection which account for the display, wifi, DDR, IO, etc?

I did power profile for cellphone SOC couple years ago. Typical power usage for CPU is very low - milli-watts or less range for IDLE, worst case 1-2 W at full performance mode OP (Operating Point).

When I profiled it, the Display, Wifi module consumed a lot more power than CPU/SOC during "normal" operations.

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Re:Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Note... by pizza234 on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @03:44PM (#16870446)

I surely used the wrong term - I meant that the entire board consumes around 2W in idle/light workload.

I can't guarantee about the precision; 2W may be 1.5W or 2.5W on my tool (it doesn't have decimals), although, I've measured my XU4 consumption, and it's consistent with third party measurements (5W on idle).

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