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British Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: SteveN on June 13, 2016, 06:39:32 pm

Title: PAW power consumption
Post by: SteveN on June 13, 2016, 06:39:32 pm
New toy from China:

PAW P2 with bridge:

(http://sn.www.idnet.com/paw_p2_pwr.jpg)

On boot it runs at about .45A climbing to a stable .65A.

Dongle only cost a fiver mind you.
Title: Re: PAW power consumption
Post by: JCurtis on June 13, 2016, 07:20:42 pm
Quote from: SteveN on June 13, 2016, 06:39:32 pm
New toy from China:

On boot it runs at about .45A climbing to a stable .65A.

Dongle only cost a fiver mind you.


Those are great for a rough guide, especially given the price.  I have a couple of other types and they very handy.

They can, however, mask what is really going on.  PilotAware doesn't draw a steady state, the consumption constantly varies as it works, this screen shot is about 5 seconds worth of power consumption to give an insight into what is going on.