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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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  • Rafal

    I had the same problem: same curves, same values - voltage drop something about 250 mV with 1 Ohm resistor. Solution - you should connect oscilloscope not to ground and "first pin at P1 header", but to first pin at P1 header and second pin at P1 header.

    But it only works with battery. If I use usb power I can't get any values.

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  • Rafal

    I had the same problem: same curves, same values - voltage drop something about 250 mV with 1 Ohm resistor. Solution - you should connect oscilloscope not to ground and "first pin at P1 header", but to first pin at P1 header and second pin at P1 header.

    But it only works with battery. If I use usb power I can't get any values.

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