https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/129027/18-a-higher-current-consumption-with-full-firmware-packageHello Nordic Team, I am working with an nRF52840 on a custom hardware board and investigating the current consumption in idle condition. I have tested the same hardware with two different firmware configurations: Application + SoftDevice onlyen-USTelligent Community 13Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:09:40 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/570553?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:09:40 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:9a89d5d1-2ebb-44a6-822d-f75851ea8b17Vidar Berg<p>Hello,</p> <p>Is the current you are measuring isolated to the&nbsp;nRF, or is there external circuitry on your custom board that is included in the measurement? Reason for asking is that 147 uA is already well above the 3-4uA typical sleep current of the chip.</p> <p><span>If the measurement was not isolated to the nRF, a possible explanation for the discrepancy could be that you have configured a pin interrupt using GPIOTE in event mode.</span></p> <p><img style="max-height:240px;max-width:320px;" src="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/resized-image/__size/640x480/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/4/pastedimage1787638141917v1.png" alt=" " /></p> <p>Best regards,</p> <p>Vidar</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>