Questions tagged [power-consumption]

For questions about determining, controlling or reducing the power consumption of an IoT device. Every IoT device consumes power, make sure that the power consumption is the core of the question.

Use this tag for questions that are about determining, controlling or reducing the power consumption of an IoT device. Every IoT device consumes power, make sure that the power consumption is the core of the question.

Consider the question check list if your question fits the tag. You can also look at the example questions. If this tag doesn't fit your question have a look below at somehow related tags that might fit your question better.

Question checklist

  • Is the question about determining how much power an IoT device consumes?
  • OR is the question about controlling and/or reducing the power consumption of an IoT device?
  • Does the question describe clearly what the issue is?

Example questions

Not what you are looking for?

  • Use for questions about remotely controlled power plugs.
  • Use for questions about the operational safety of devices.
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Trigger to remote server when my device in low-battery?

Currently, I working on a project to make a car tracker device. At the moment, the device can work well, but I want to improve it. The situation is that my device is running on a external power (lead-acid battery) and I want to send an alert to…
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Monitor Energy Usage

I would like to monitor energy usage of various appliances in my house. I hope to put a plug adaptor in which records the power usage. These are available commercially very cheaply, but often only have internal recording features. e.g this one and…
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Sending load information from devices to the coordinator

I'm trying to build an IoT network in which IoT devices have some sort of processing power. For example, they are supposed to receive data and do some processing on them and then send them to upper levels. I'm also supposed to have a coordinator…
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