Question on power consumption in multi link operation

[Andreas Schweizer]

Hello,

we have an existing product in "peripheral" role, based on the NRF52832 and soft device S132.

We plan to add support for multi link operation, so that the peripheral can be connected to more than 1 central.

Is there any experience on how this affects the power consumption of the chip?

Thank you and greetings,

Andreas

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

You can use the online power profiler. So if you maintain a connection with two devices at the same time, you can sum up the current from both devices. So for example, if the online power profiler says that it consumes 100uA to be in connection with one device, with the specific connection parameters. It will consume 200 uA to be connected to two devices as long as the connection parameters are the same for both devices.

Regards,
Amanda H.