Power Consumption for the Intel® Edison Breakout Board

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Maintenance & Performance

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09/14/2021

To get the power consumption figures, we measured the amount of current drawn by the Intel® Edison Breakout Board. The data gathered provides the low to high ranges of power consumption.

The tests used two different configurations—Wi-Fi disabled, and Wi-Fi enabled. The voltage used for the tests ranged from 7V to 15V.

Intel® Edison Breakout Board (Wi-Fi Disabled)

The average power consumption of the board with Wi-Fi disabled is about .32 watts.

Power consumption (Wi-Fi disabled) Power consumption (Wi-Fi disabled)

 

Voltage
[V]
Current
[A]
Power
[W]
7 0.043 0.301
8 0.037 0.296
9 0.035 0.315
10 0.031 0.31
11 0.029 0.319
12 0.027 0.324
13 0.026 0.338
14 0.024 0.336
15 0.022 0.33

 

Intel® Edison Breakout Board (Wi-Fi Enabled)

The average consumption of the board with Wi-Fi enabled is about .41 watts.

Power consumption (Wi-Fi enabled) Power consumption (Wi-Fi enabled)

 

Voltage
[V]
Current
[A]
Power
[W]
7 0.055 0.385
8 0.05 0.4
9 0.045 0.405
10 0.04 0.4
11 0.036 0.396
12 0.035 0.42
13 0.033 0.429
14 0.031 0.434
15 0.029 0.435