https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/11146/current-through-emptynrf51822I&#39;m a beginner, the question might be simple but its really important for me. What would the current flowing through Empty nrf51822 when it is completely erased or empty?? Thanx a lot in advanceen-USTelligent Community 13Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:57:30 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/41773?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:57:30 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:91ab0068-4e73-42fe-8abc-238cae6fa376Ole Bauck<p>Before reset the chip is in debug mode, i edited it away to avoid confusion from others.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/41774?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:47:35 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:0aeedccc-9663-4559-9a2d-fd4f34a21e60Faizan<p>Just to be sure,</p> <p>1.was the chip completely??? When you checked the current through it???</p> <ol start="2"> <li>Why two different currents, before and after reset ???</li> </ol> <p>Thanks and Regards, Faizan</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/41772?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:17:05 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:3fb7219c-a6f2-4265-9087-b204a93b2717Ole Bauck<p>Measuring on the nRF51 DK I get <strong>2.74 mA</strong>, see <a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/question/60444/why-the-current-consumption-is-25ma-in-my-products-board-when-i-only-give-it-a-power/?answer=60468#post-id-60468">here</a> for the reason.</p> <p>You can measure yourself by following the steps in the <a href="http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/com.nordic.infocenter.pdf.ug/nRF51_DK_UG_v1.0.pdf">nRF51 DK User Guide</a> chapter 5.7.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>