Radio Bridge Sensor Battery Estimator v1.

2, August 2019

Introduction

This battery estimator tool is provided by Radio Bridge for various wireless sensor products

Using the Spreadsheet

To use this spreadsheet, select the tab below for the desired product family. The yellow fields are inputs
that you can modify based on your estimated usage of the sensor. The results are listed at the bottom of
each sheet where the battery life is broken down into days, months, and years.

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Radio Bridge offers free technical support at:

https://support.radiobridge.com

Disclaimer

Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment
on the part of Radio Bridge. Radio Bridge provides this document “as is,” without warranty of any kind,
expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of fitness or merchantability for
a particular purpose. Radio Bridge may make improvements and/or changes in this document or in the
product(s) and/or the software at any time.
RBS301 LoRa Sensor Battery Life Analysis

DWS TEMP-NOP TEMP-EXT WAT TILT

LoRa
Tx power (mA) at 20dBm 125 125 125 125 125
Tx time (ms) at data rate 1 375 375 375 375 375
Tx attempts (1-8) 1 1 1 1 1
Energy to send LoRa frame (mAh) 0.0130 0.0130 0.0130 0.0130 0.0130

Supervisory
Supervisory period (hours) 19 19 19 19 19
Supervisory messages per day 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.26
Supervisory energy per day (mAh) 0.0164 0.0164 0.0164 0.0164 0.0164

Event Messages

Number of event messages per day 5 5 5 5 5

Event message energy per day (mAh) 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07
Event transmit time per day (hours) 0.0005208 0.0005208 0.0005208 0.0005208 0.0005208

Wake up
Wake up period (ms) 250 250 250 250 250
Wake time (ms) 2.40 3.90 3.90 3.10 2.90
Wake current (mA) 0.476 0.510 0.510 0.510 0.450
Wake ups per day 345600 345600 345600 345600 345600
Wake time per day (hours) 0.23 0.37 0.37 0.30 0.28
Wake energy per day (mAh) 0.11 0.19 0.19 0.15 0.13

Sampling
Sampling period (ms) 1000 1000 1000 1000 10000
Sampling time (ms) 0.00 1.60 1.60 1.70 280.00
Sampling current (mA) 0.000 0.880 0.880 0.750 0.570
Samples per day 86400 86400 86400 86400 8640
Sampling time per day (hours) 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.67
Sampling energy per day (mAh) 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.38

Sleep
Sleep current (uA) 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 8.5
Sleep time per day (hours) 23.77 23.63 23.63 23.70 23.72
Sleep energy per day (mAh) 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.20

Battery
Battery capacity (mAh) 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500
Discharge (%/year) 1 1 1 1 1
Self discharge per day (mAh) 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
Totals
Total energy per day (mAh) 0.28 0.39 0.39 0.35 0.83
Battery life (days) 5453 3847 3847 4314 1802
Battery life (months) 179 126 126 142 59
Battery life (years) 14.9 10.5 10.5 11.8 4.9
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125 125
375 375
1 1 Retries are programmable
0.0130 0.0130

19 19 Supervisory period is programmable

1.26 1.26
0.0164 0.0164

5 5 This is application dependent

0.07 0.07
0.0005208 0.0005208

250 250
3.00 2.90
0.492 0.400
345600 345600
0.29 0.28
0.14 0.11

1000 1000 Sampling period is programmable

8.00 0.00
0.530 0.000
86400 86400
0.19 0.00
0.10 0.00

7.1 1.8
23.71 23.72
0.17 0.04

1500 1500
1 1
0.04 0.04
0.53 0.28
2807 5421
92 178
7.7 14.9
RBS304 LoRa Sensor Battery Life Analysis

304-1 304-2
LoRa
Tx power (mA) at 20dBm 125 125
Tx time (ms) at data rate 1 375 375
Tx attempts (1-8) 1 1 Retries are programmable
Energy to send LoRa frame (mAh) 0.0130 0.0130

Supervisory
Supervisory period (hours) 19 19 Supervisory period is programmable
Supervisory messages per day 1.26 1.26
Supervisory energy per day (mAh) 0.0164 0.0164

Event Messages

Number of event messages per day 10 10 This is application dependent

Event message energy per day (mAh) 0.13 0.13
Event transmit time per day (hours) 0.0010417 0.0010417

Wake up
Wake up period (ms) 250 250
Wake time (ms) 1.00 1.00
Wake current (mA) 0.600 0.700
Wake ups per day 345600 345600
Wake time per day (hours) 0.10 0.10
Wake energy per day (mAh) 0.06 0.07

Sampling
Sampling period (ms) 1000 1000 Sampling period is programmable
Sampling time (ms) 0.00 0.00
Sampling current (mA) 0.000 0.000
Samples per day 86400 86400
Sampling time per day (hours) 0.00 0.00
Sampling energy per day (mAh) 0.00 0.00

Sleep
Sleep current (uA) 1.9 1.9
Sleep time per day (hours) 23.90 23.90
Sleep energy per day (mAh) 0.05 0.05

Battery
Battery capacity (mAh) 1500 1500
Discharge (%/year) 1 1
Self discharge per day (mAh) 0.04 0.04
Totals
Total energy per day (mAh) 0.29 0.30
Battery life (days) 5159 4994
Battery life (months) 170 164
Battery life (years) 14.1 13.7
RBS305 LoRa Sensor Battery Life Analysis

ATH
LoRa
Tx power (mA) at 20dBm 125
Tx time (ms) at data rate 1 375
Tx attempts (1-8) 1 Retries are programmable
Energy to send LoRa frame (mAh) 0.0130

Supervisory
Supervisory period (hours) 19 Supervisory period is programmable
Supervisory messages per day 1.26
Supervisory energy per day (mAh) 0.0164

Event Messages

Number of event messages per day 1 This is application dependent

Event message energy per day (mAh) 0.01
Event transmit time per day (hours) 0.0001042

Wake up
Wake up period (ms) 250
Wake time (ms) 2.80
Wake current (mA) 1.200
Wake ups per day 345600
Wake time per day (hours) 0.27
Wake energy per day (mAh) 0.32

Sampling
Sampling period (ms) 5000 Sampling period is programmable
Sampling time (ms) 26.00
Sampling current (mA) 1.600
Samples per day 17280
Sampling time per day (hours) 0.12
Sampling energy per day (mAh) 0.20

Sleep
Sleep current (uA) 7.6
Sleep time per day (hours) 23.73
Sleep energy per day (mAh) 0.18

Battery
Battery capacity (mAh) 1500
Discharge (%/year) 1
Self discharge per day (mAh) 0.04
Totals
Total energy per day (mAh) 0.77
Battery life (days) 1940
Battery life (months) 64
Battery life (years) 5.3
RBS306 LoRa Sensor Battery Life Analysis

TILT-HP ATH-EXT DWS US10M TEMP-TC

LoRa
Tx power (mA) at 20dBm 125 125 125 125 125
Tx time (ms) at data rate 1 375 375 375 375 375
Tx attempts (1-8) 1 1 1 1 1
Energy to send LoRa frame (mAh) 0.0130 0.0130 0.0130 0.0130 0.0130

Supervisory
Supervisory period (hours) 19 19 19 19 19
Supervisory messages per day 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.26
Supervisory energy per day (mAh) 0.0164 0.0164 0.0164 0.0164 0.0164

Event Messages

Number of event messages per day 5 5 5 5 5

Event message energy per day (mAh) 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07
Event transmit time per day (hours) 0.0005208 0.0005208 0.0005208 0.0005208 0.0005208

Wake up
Wake up period (ms) 250 250 250 250 250
Wake time (ms) 2.50 3.20 2.80 2.50 2.80
Wake current (mA) 0.880 1.300 0.920 0.840 0.980
Wake ups per day 345600 345600 345600 345600 345600
Wake time per day (hours) 0.24 0.31 0.27 0.24 0.27
Wake energy per day (mAh) 0.21 0.40 0.25 0.20 0.26

Sampling
Sampling period (ms) 10000 10000 1000 30000 1000
Sampling time (ms) 236.00 96.00 0.00 330.00 6.00
Sampling current (mA) 1.050 2.300 0.000 3.900 1.020
Samples per day 8640 8640 86400 2880 86400
Sampling time per day (hours) 0.57 0.23 0.00 0.26 0.14
Sampling energy per day (mAh) 0.59 0.53 0.00 1.03 0.15

Sleep
Sleep current (uA) 19.0 19.0 12.0 12.9 21.0
Sleep time per day (hours) 23.76 23.69 23.73 23.76 23.73
Sleep energy per day (mAh) 0.45 0.45 0.28 0.31 0.50

Battery
Battery capacity (mAh) 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000
Discharge (%/year) 1 1 1 1 1
Self discharge per day (mAh) 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
Totals
Total energy per day (mAh) 1.42 1.54 0.70 1.70 1.07
Battery life (days) 2111 1944 4312 1763 2797
Battery life (months) 69 64 142 58 92
Battery life (years) 5.8 5.3 11.8 4.8 7.7
TEMP-EXT ABM WAT/WRxM VM30

125 125 125 125

375 375 375 375
1 1 1 1 Retries are programmable
0.0130 0.0130 0.0130 0.0130

19 19 19 19 Supervisory period is programmable

1.26 1.26 1.26 1.26
0.0164 0.0164 0.0164 0.0164

5 5 5 5 This is application dependent

0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07
0.0005208 0.0005208 0.0005208 0.0005208

250 250 250 250

2.00 2.60 2.40 2.70
0.960 0.800 0.980 0.920
345600 345600 345600 345600
0.19 0.25 0.23 0.26
0.18 0.20 0.23 0.24

1000 1000 1000 1000 sampling period is programmable

2.30 5.80 3.20 21.00
1.740 0.820 1.800 1.800
86400 86400 86400 86400
0.06 0.14 0.08 0.50
0.10 0.11 0.14 0.91

13.0 13.2 13.7 12.4

23.81 23.75 23.77 23.74
0.31 0.31 0.33 0.29

3000 3000 3000 3000

1 1 1 1
0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
0.75 0.79 0.85 1.60
3981 3792 3515 1871
131 125 116 61
10.9 10.4 9.6 5.1
RBS101 Sigfox Sensor Battery Life Analysis

DWS TEMP-NOP TEMP-EXT WAT TILT

Sigfox
Tx power (mA) at 24dBm 180 180 180 180 180
Tx time (ms) at data rate 1 261 261 261 261 261
Number of tries per message 3 3 3 3 3
Energy to send Sigfox frame (mAh) 0.0392 0.0392 0.0392 0.0392 0.0392

Supervisory
Supervisory period (hours) 19 19 19 19 19
Supervisory messages per day 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.26
Supervisory energy per day (mAh) 0.0495 0.0495 0.0495 0.0495 0.0495

Event Messages

Number of event messages per day 5 5 5 5 5

Event message energy per day (mAh) 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
Event transmit time per day (hours) 0.0003625 0.0003625 0.0003625 0.0003625 0.0003625

Wake up
Wake up period (ms) 250 250 250 250 250
Wake time (ms) 4.20 4.50 4.30 4.00 9.80
Wake current (mA) 0.525 0.665 0.681 0.660 0.537
Wake ups per day 345600 345600 345600 345600 345600
Wake time per day (hours) 0.40 0.43 0.41 0.38 0.94
Wake energy per day (mAh) 0.21 0.29 0.28 0.25 0.51

Sleep
Sleep current (uA) 11.5 11.6 11.6 12.0 12.3
Sleep time per day (hours) 23.60 23.57 23.59 23.62 23.06
Sleep energy per day (mAh) 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.28 0.28

Battery
Battery capacity (mAh) 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500
Discharge (%/year) 1 1 1 1 1
Self discharge per day (mAh) 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04

Totals
Total energy per day (mAh) 0.77 0.85 0.84 0.82 1.08
Battery life (days) 1950 1771 1784 1822 1395
Battery life (months) 64 58 59 60 46
Battery life (years) 5.3 4.9 4.9 5.0 3.8
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180 180
261 261
3 3
0.0392 0.0392

19 19
1.26 1.26
0.0495 0.0495

5 5
0.20 0.20
0.0003625 0.0003625

250 250
9.80 4.20
0.537 0.509
345600 345600
0.94 0.40
0.51 0.21

12.3 11.5
23.06 23.60
0.28 0.27

1500 1500
1 1
0.04 0.04

1.08 0.76
1395 1966
46 65
3.8 5.4