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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>Current consumption of TIMER</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/43699/current-consumption-of-timer</link><description>Hi Support, 
 I am testing current consumption of NRF_TIMER1, below is my code snippets, basically, I just start timer1 task and then stop it. 
 
 
 After the two code lines of START/STOP added, current spikes increases, please see below capture. (GREEN</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 04:05:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/43699/current-consumption-of-timer" /><item><title>RE: Current consumption of TIMER</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/171270?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 04:05:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:f1314616-369b-4301-9964-c7f2270df639</guid><dc:creator>Desmond Chen</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you for response. I find errata already states this issue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nordicsemi.com/DocLib/Content/Errata/nRF52840_Rev1/latest/ERR/nRF52840/Rev1/latest/anomaly_840_78#anomaly_840_78"&gt;https://www.nordicsemi.com/DocLib/Content/Errata/nRF52840_Rev1/latest/ERR/nRF52840/Rev1/latest/anomaly_840_78#anomaly_840_78&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So I have to use TASK_SHUTDOWN instead of TASK_STOP.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Current consumption of TIMER</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/171008?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 05:54:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:d3fe38e7-008b-4e18-8864-3dddf0a74a8a</guid><dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hey,&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Maybe the High Frequency Clock(HFCLK) is still running? The Timer may have started the clock but didn&amp;#39;t stop it?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;You can check if clock is running or not using the functions from the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.nordicsemi.com/DocLib/Content/SDK_Doc/nRF5_SDK/v15-2-0/group__nrf__clock__hal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;clock HAL&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>