Battery powered Friend nodes in BLE meshhttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/89456/battery-powered-friend-nodes-in-ble-meshHi, can the Friend node be battery powered? How do I calculate the battery requirements for a Friend node? I will be using LPN too..en-USTelligent Community 13Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:38:25 GMTRE: Battery powered Friend nodes in BLE meshhttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/374809?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:38:25 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:cc984392-1ecb-47ad-be6e-c4f3048d1f60calvfoo<p>well noted, thank you.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Battery powered Friend nodes in BLE meshhttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/374794?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 29 Jun 2022 15:58:12 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:b3a1209e-1e2f-4e27-89a1-ae1924478fb2J&#248;rgen Holmefjord<p>Hi,</p> <p>The Friend node is responsible for buffering packets for the low power node, and needs to stay in receive mode most of the time to receive packets for the LPN.</p> <p>Keeping the radio in <a href="https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/ps_nrf52840/_tmp/nrf52840/autodita/CURRENT/parameters.i_radio.html">RX mode will consume quite high current</a>, so it is not vary feasible to run the friend node on battery power.</p> <p>Best regards,<br />Jørgen</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>