Disabling cores to reduce the Pi Zero 2 W's power consumption by half

Posted by geerlingguy on Thursday October 28, 2021 @12:46PM
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Re:Disabling cores to reduce the Pi Zero 2 W's power consump... by okdjnfweonfe on Thursday October 28, 2021 @12:59PM (#29028277)

does the idle power change?

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Re:Disabling cores to reduce the Pi Zero 2 W's power consump... by geerlingguy on Thursday October 28, 2021 @01:19PM (#29028513)

No, still stays between 100-120 mA. So only makes a difference if you're doing something that requires one CPU core and uses it a bit.

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