Battery Life Calculator v2.

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Instructions Overview Use this calculator to: a) recommend a battery capacity based on a target battery life b) estimate battery life for a given battery capacity. c) compare several power consumption scenarios.

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current (mA)

Sleep

Idle/Receive

Transmit Sleep

time (ms) Details This calculator compares up to six power usage scenarios in vertical columns A-F. Configure each scenario by inputting the duration and current consumption for Sleep, Idle/Receive and Transmit states for an entire system.

Scenarios Time Sleep Idle/Receive Transmit Radio type # of bytes transmitted Total System Current Sleep Idle/Receive Transmit Power usage comparison Sleep Idle/Receive Transmit % of scenario 'A' Average current Design Goals System efficiency Target battery life Required battery capacity or Given battery capacity Estimated battery life Scenario descriptions Scenario_A AXB-hibernate Scenario_B BXB-doze Scenario_C CScenario_D DScenario_E EScenario_F F-

A Units s ms ms
Scenario_A

B
Scenario_B

C
Scenario_C

D
Scenario_D

E
Scenario_E

F
Scenario_F

16 40 4.292 XBee 32

16 5 4.292 XBee 32

mA mA mA

0.002 45 40

0.03 45 40

% % %

1.60% 89.83% 8.57%

54.75% 25.67% 19.58% 44%

0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0% 0

0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0% 0

0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0% 0

0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0% 0

Legend: Red > 100%, Green <= 100%

mA

0.12488429 0.0547607

90% yr mAh mAh yr 2 2432.75 2000 1.64

90% 2 1066.74 2000 3.75

90% 2 0.00 2000 0.00

90% 2 0.00 2000 0.00

90% 2 0.00 2000 0.00

90% 2 0.00 2000 0.00