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Extremely high current consumption during advertising - broadcast mode(ble_app_temp)

I have written application similar to ble_app_temp (posted by Ole Morten) and during the test I noticed that current consumption is extremly high. I used brand new coin battery that was included in evaluation kit and after ~10 minutes battery status was only 40% ( I checked this also with ble_app_hrs app). At the beginning I though that it was caused by the data included in advertisment packet ( I added 10 bytes of data to manufacturer data - adv interval was 1 second), but then I tested my battery with original app (ble_app_temp) and the effect was the same. My question is: did anyone also encountered such a problem with high current consumpion in case of broadcaster mode? I will test different battery today but I am afraid that is not case of battery.

Thanks in advance for your help.

ble_app_temp.zip

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  • I tried to run app without line responsible for enabling ADC interrupts, but unfortunately it didn't solve my problem. Maybe current consumption is a bit smaller, but during 4 minutes test (I bought new battery, which was used for maybe 3 minutes before this test) voltage droped down from ~2.8 to ~2.6. I could have run this test for longer, but this way I would discharge new battery in few minutes:/

    Maybe somebody know what can cause such a high current consumption in a broadcaster mode?

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  • I tried to run app without line responsible for enabling ADC interrupts, but unfortunately it didn't solve my problem. Maybe current consumption is a bit smaller, but during 4 minutes test (I bought new battery, which was used for maybe 3 minutes before this test) voltage droped down from ~2.8 to ~2.6. I could have run this test for longer, but this way I would discharge new battery in few minutes:/

    Maybe somebody know what can cause such a high current consumption in a broadcaster mode?

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