Power consumption of STM8s Discovery

master · ‎2011-03-09

Posted on March 10, 2011 at 08:58

Hello together,

yesterday I separated the ST-LINK module from the STM8S105C6T6 module of my STM8s discovery. Afterwards I measured the power consumption and unfortunately it was much higher than expected. At a voltage level of 5V it consume 66mA and in active halt mode still 40mA. Has anybody of you made some different experience with other consumption values?

Thanks in advance

#stm8s-discovery-power-consumption

brazov22 · ‎2011-03-10

Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:44

more than a microcontroller it seems you've found a thermonuclear central 🙂

How did you perform these measurements?

Have you disconnected all unecessary components, you need only VDD, GND, VCAP, and NRESET to be connected to the device.

brazov

master · ‎2011-03-10

Posted on March 10, 2011 at 15:24

Thanks for your quick answer!

I've disconnected everything besides the power supply. I put a multimeter between my power source and the VDD. Have you measured the current of your STM8s discovery?

Cheers

Klaus