MPY DeepSleep and power consumption

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MPY DeepSleep and power consumption

Post by Divergentti » Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:52 am

Hello.

I am beginner with coding and lost with micropython machine.deepsleep().

I am planning to make a mqtt enabled DHT22 & ESP32 with 2 x 2000 mAh Li-Ion power bank, which shall run for at least for a few months without external power. Regarding to ESP32 datasheet, the power consumption in deep sleep shall be somewhere between 10-150 uA, but practically with command machine.deepsleep() I measured power consumption 4,75 mA. Typical power consumption with CPU frequency 80MHz and no WiFi activity after rst:0x5 (DEEPSLEEP_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT) is about 37mA. With 4,75 mA deep sleep power consumption 4000 mAh power bank lasts only maximum 35 days.

Question: is there plans to add some deeper sleep options for the machine.deepsleep in near future, or is there some implementation issue which makes such options to be impossible with micropython?

Micropython code version: esp32-idf3-20200827-unstable-v1.12-687-gcef678b2d.bin
Hardware version: ESP32-Wroom-32S development board, ESP32D0WDQ5 (revision 1)

Thank you for your kind replies in advance.

P.S. For other Finns beginning with IoT project with ESP32, you might be interested my micropython code at https://github.com/divergentti/kotiauto ... ster/esp32.

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Re: MPY DeepSleep and power consumption

Post by Christian Walther » Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:00 pm

I suspect this is not a software issue. Are you sure that it’s the ESP32 that is drawing that much power and not something else on your development board? (I’m not familiar with it, so I can’t tell.)

If trying another (somewhat more expensive) board is an option, I know that the TinyPICO is optimized for low deepsleep power usage.

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Re: MPY DeepSleep and power consumption

Post by rcolistete » Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:47 pm

It depends on the board with ESP32, mainly on USB and voltage regulator IC's. I have one ESP32 board which consumes 16 mA when in deepsleep...

TinyPICO and Pycom (LoPy4, etc) boards are well optimised ESP32 boards, consuming about 10-20 uA in deepsleep.
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Re: MPY DeepSleep and power consumption

Post by nohc » Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:45 am

I like the TinyPICO. I am also messing with some of the esp32 boards on here https://www.ezsbc.com/ and getting down to 10ua in deepsleep.

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Re: MPY DeepSleep and power consumption

Post by Divergentti » Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:49 am

Christian Walther wrote:
Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:00 pm
I suspect this is not a software issue. Are you sure that it’s the ESP32 that is drawing that much power and not something else on your development board? (I’m not familiar with it, so I can’t tell.)

If trying another (somewhat more expensive) board is an option, I know that the TinyPICO is optimized for low deepsleep power usage.
You might be right. Perhaps the ESP32 do not consume so much, but other components on the dev board does. Here is video https://youtu.be/sr3KVNzvce4 about the test setup. MPY code puts ESP to sleep for 5 seconds and then wakes it up and blinks the led once.

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Re: MPY DeepSleep and power consumption

Post by Divergentti » Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:55 am

nohc wrote:
Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:45 am
I like the TinyPICO. I am also messing with some of the esp32 boards on here https://www.ezsbc.com/ and getting down to 10ua in deepsleep.
Have you tested how much the U-version (with a SMA connector) consumes?

I ordered a few -U version dev. boards and 2.4 GHz external RP-SMA antennas for longer distance WiFi and deep.sleep. If deep.sleep do not work as it should, I can use them anyways in my PIR-motion sensors, which controls led stripes via mqtt-messages.

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Re: MPY DeepSleep and power consumption

Post by Divergentti » Mon Sep 07, 2020 10:46 am

I confirm that micropython is not issue with deep.sleep.

I installed Arduino 1.8.13 and board extensions for ESP32 and then ran sample code "Simple Deep Sleep with Timer Wake Up" done by Pranav Cherukupalli, and during sleep power consumption was 4.75mA as it was with micropython.

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Re: MPY DeepSleep and power consumption

Post by nohc » Mon Sep 07, 2020 4:04 pm

I only tested the ones linked below and they work great so far. I ended up ordering a bunch of the feather style as I plan on making some custom sensor shields and its easy to find feather templates to work from. The boards have worked as advertised so I have no reason to believe the one you ordered would not. Looks like those do consume a little more current (17ua) but that's still very good IMO.

On the feather board I did have to drive one of the pins and hold to get it down all the way. Pin 13 was leaking current and the led would dimmly light up in deepsleep using MP. It was reading like 80ua before in deepsleep and with the below it gets down to 9ua. I don't know that will be the case with the board you ordered but I will post that code below for reference.

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from machine import Pin
import machine
import time

p13 = Pin(13, Pin.OUT)
p13.value(1)
p13 = Pin(13, Pin.OUT, Pin.PULL_HOLD)
time.sleep(5)
machine.deepsleep(20000)
p13 = Pin(13, Pin.OUT, None)
https://www.ezsbc.com/index.php/feature ... 1ZYQXlKiWE
https://www.ezsbc.com/index.php/feature ... 1ZYa3lKiWE

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Re: MPY DeepSleep and power consumption

Post by Divergentti » Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:38 pm

Today I created my first low power setup with ESP32-Wroom32-U and seems to be good so far.

Video about how it wakes up and starts responding to pings at https://youtu.be/p3QVtX6NBw8 and peak current seems to be around 27 mA. In deep sleep my multimeter does not show anything.

Code is simple. In the boot.py kick up WiFi, WebREPL and then establish mqtt client connection, read AM2302 sensor 3 times, calculate average and send it to the mqtt broker and then sleep.

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""" snip """
import time
import machine
import dht
from machine import Pin
from umqttsimple import MQTTClient

try:
    from parametrit import CLIENT_ID, MQTT_SERVERI, MQTT_PORTTI, MQTT_KAYTTAJA, MQTT_SALASANA, DHT22_LAMPO, \
        DHT22_KOSTEUS, PINNI_NUMERO, DHT22_LAMPO_KORJAUSKERROIN, DHT22_KOSTEUS_KORJAUSKERROIN, NUKKUMIS_AIKA
except ImportError:
    print("Jokin asetus puuttuu parametrit.py-tiedostosta!")
    raise

# dht-kirjasto tukee muitakin antureita kuin dht22
anturi = dht.DHT22(Pin(PINNI_NUMERO))
# virhelaskurin idea on tuottaa bootti jos jokin menee pieleen liian usein
anturivirhe = 0  # virhelaskuria varten
client = MQTTClient(CLIENT_ID, MQTT_SERVERI, MQTT_PORTTI, MQTT_KAYTTAJA, MQTT_SALASANA)


def lue_lampo_kosteus():
    """ Luetaan 3 arvoa 2s välein ja lasketaan keskiarvo, joka lähtetään mqtt:llä """
    lampo_lista = []  # keskiarvon laskentaa varten
    rh_lista = []  # keskiarvon laskentaa varten
    lukukertoja = 0
    lampo_keskiarvo = 0
    rh_keskiarvo = 0

    while lukukertoja < 3:
        try:
            anturi.measure()
        except OSError:
            print("%s: Sensoria ei voida lukea!")
            return False
        lampo = anturi.temperature() * DHT22_LAMPO_KORJAUSKERROIN
        print('Lampo: %3.1f C' % lampo)
        if (lampo > -40) and (lampo < 100):
            lampo_lista.append(lampo)
        kosteus = anturi.humidity() * DHT22_KOSTEUS_KORJAUSKERROIN
        print('Kosteus: %3.1f %%' % kosteus)
        if (kosteus > 0) and (kosteus <= 100):
            rh_lista.append(kosteus)
        if len(lampo_lista) == 3:
            lampo_keskiarvo = sum(lampo_lista) / len(lampo_lista)
            rh_keskiarvo = sum(rh_lista) / len(rh_lista)
        time.sleep(2)
        lukukertoja = lukukertoja+1
    return [lampo_keskiarvo, rh_keskiarvo]


def laheta_arvot_mqtt(lampo_in, kosteus_in):
    lampo = '{:.1f}'.format(lampo_in)
    kosteus = '{:.1f}'.format(kosteus_in)
    try:
        client.publish(DHT22_LAMPO, str(lampo))
    except OSError:
        print("%s: Arvoa %s ei voida tallentaa mqtt! ")
        return False
    try:
        client.publish(DHT22_KOSTEUS, str(kosteus))
    except OSError:
        print("%s: Arvoa %s ei voida tallentaa mqtt! ")
        return False
    print('Tallennettu %s %s' % (lampo, kosteus))
    return True


def restart_and_reconnect():
    print('%s: Ongelmia. Boottaillaan.')
    machine.reset()
    # resetoidaan


try:
    client.connect()
except OSError:
    print("% s:  Ei voida yhdistaa mqtt! ")
    restart_and_reconnect()

while True:
    try:
        lampo, kosteus = lue_lampo_kosteus()
        laheta_arvot_mqtt(lampo, kosteus)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        raise
    print("Nukkumaan %s millisekunniksi!" % NUKKUMIS_AIKA)
    machine.deepsleep(NUKKUMIS_AIKA)

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Re: MPY DeepSleep and power consumption

Post by dhust » Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:28 pm

nohc wrote:
Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:45 am
I like the TinyPICO. I am also messing with some of the esp32 boards on here https://www.ezsbc.com/ and getting down to 10ua in deepsleep.
That's awesome. Did you have to initialize the LC709203F fuel gauge chip on it to get it that low? Is it able to cycle in and out of deep sleep using the timer? Thanks.

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