power profiling on nRF51822

[mani]

Hai team,

Iam using the ble_app_beacon example program.

I found power profiling calculation on this link devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../. i calculated power consumption for nRF52

example : voltage 3v, current 220mAh battery tx payload 10, frequency 2, tx power 0dbm, total current 23uA days it can work 318 days.

But i am using www.nordicsemi.com/.../nRF51822-Bluetooth-Smart-Beacon-Kit . Does above power calculation works for nRF51822 beacon kit???? Does the power consumption is same for both???

[Bjørn Kvaale]

The nrf52 series tends to have lower current consumption compared with the nrf51 series. For typical advertising intervals, you will likely see that the nRF52 uses about 30 - 50 % less power than the nRF51 depending on your application. So in your example, the nrf51 beacon kit would last approximately 159-223 days compared to the nrf52 series.