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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Battery life of cr1632</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/20429/battery-life-of-cr1632</link><description>hello, 
 I need to calculate the battery life of cr1632. For the calculation I need to know what is: 
 -Average Current consumption of device? (nrf51822 Bluetooth smart beacon kit) 
 
 
 Energy capacity (mAH)? (cr1632 coin cell battery) 
 
 
</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2017 16:13:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/20429/battery-life-of-cr1632" /><item><title>RE: Battery life of cr1632</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/79650?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2017 16:13:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:44af2c29-a3a9-40c7-9ee8-cd46d1786b1e</guid><dc:creator>Stian R&amp;#248;ed Hafskjold</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#39;s hard to give an example on the average current consumption without knowing how the application is going to work. If you are interested in only advertising current (beacon), I can give you some numbers on the expected current consumption if you provide me with the parameters, like advertising interval and advertising payload.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can also look at this post: &lt;a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/blogs/679/nrf51-current-consumption-for-common-scenarios/"&gt;devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In order to find the battery capacity you need to look in the battery datasheet.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Battery life of cr1632</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/79651?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2017 02:23:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:e46e187d-32e8-4102-b847-ffff51a4096a</guid><dc:creator>MANGO</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi, jakevd.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The typical capacity of &lt;a href="http://data.energizer.com/pdfs/cr1632.pdf"&gt;Energizer&amp;#39;s CR1632&lt;/a&gt; is 130mAh. Check the datasheet for more detail.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The reason for specifying the vendor is that the capacity is slightly different, which can be a trivial issue, from each vendor.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;View other &lt;a href="https://industrial.panasonic.com/ww/products/batteries/primary-batteries/lithium-batteries/coin-type-lithium-batteries-cr-series/CR1632"&gt;vendor&amp;#39;s&lt;/a&gt; CR1632 data for comparison.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the members of this forum cannot calculate the average current for you since we don&amp;#39;t have your custom application.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Even though you haven&amp;#39;t changed the application firmware inside the beacon kit, not every member in here don&amp;#39;t have the beacon kit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You need a power measuring tools.&lt;/strong&gt; I use the &lt;a href="https://www.msoon.com/LabEquipment/PowerMonitor/"&gt;Monsoon Power Monitor&lt;/a&gt; to check the battery life.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://bottleofcode.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/9.png" alt="Setup" /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.bottleofcode.com/2015/07/12/using-monsoon-power-monitor-with-iphone-5s/"&gt;Usage example Ref. link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_kuJ2zKqXit8/SoG_vQIsIaI/AAAAAAAAGlo/l1SRWk_e2DY/s800/Mysterious_1Minute_thread.PNG" alt="Example" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So this is my suggestion;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Borrow or buy a power measuring tool and connect it with the beacon kit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Then you can check the battery life.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-Best Regards, MANGO&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>