NRF52832 Current Consumption

[KellyJust]

I am looking to figure out my current consumption with an NRF52832 chip. I have the NRF chip running at 3V using UART, SAADC, BLE and SPI. The chip is constantly reading some sensors and is connected to nrf connect app all the time but only sends sensor data after intervals of 15 minutes. From my understanding looking at the data sheet. 

LDO Mode: 

CPU current of 7.4mA

Not sure of the Radio current as the chip is sitting idle from a BLE communication perspective but is still maintaining the connection to the mobile and has TX current every 15 minutes. So, I would assume RX current of 11.7mA is being drawn just to maintain the connection. Plus adding on UART etc a total of maybe 20mA.

DCDC Mode

Assuming same as above CPU 3.7mA and an RX current of 5.4mA.

Want to see if my calculation and assumption for current consumption are correct.

[hmolesworth]

As a guide, 24-bit 250Hz sampling of analogue over external 8MHz SPI AFE, streaming this data to NAND flash over a second 8MHz SPI and concurrently streaming over BLE can be done for an average current less than 1.3mA on a 2.7 volt coin battery using internal DC-DC converter. I can't provide more information, but your numbers look on the high side. Raising the 2.7 volts supply to 3 volts by using a new battery reduces the 1.3mA somewhat, but CR2032 doesn't usually stay at 3 volts for that long :-) Good storage capacitance of (say) 150uF helps a lot.