Hi,
I would like to check the current being used by the Artemis so that I can make some estimates about battery life for our application. I have the Artemis Dev kit https://www.sparkfun.com/products/16828 but I don’t see any jumpers or similar options to insert a meter into the power feed to the module.
Is this an option? Can anyone suggest a solution? I would prefer not to have to cut traces if I can avoid it
Thanks!
Phil
That particular product doesn’t have any jumpers for such, but you could use one of these https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15571 while powering/running the board (even better is to isolate the circuit by using a portable battery pack) and monitor it that way
Otherwise, you’d need to tap into those traces :-/
It looks like the Artemis Red Board https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15444 has a jumper for measuring the power. Is that correct? If so, I’ll probably just get one of those boards to do the measurements.
Thanks,
Phil