SWRA478D February   2015  – January 2019 CC1310 , CC1312PSIP , CC1312R , CC1314R10 , CC1352P , CC1352P7 , CC1352R , CC2640 , CC2640R2F , CC2640R2F-Q1 , CC2642R , CC2642R-Q1 , CC2650 , CC2650MODA , CC2652P , CC2652R , CC2652R7 , CC2652RB , CC2652RSIP

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Introduction
    1. 1.1 Acronyms
  3. 2Standby
  4. 3Understanding Bluetooth Low Energy Power Metrics
  5. 4SimpleLink Bluetooth Low Energy Wireless MCUs
  6. 5Power Measurement Setup – Preparing the DUT
    1. 5.1 Requirements
    2. 5.2 Embedded Software
    3. 5.3 Hardware
      1. 5.3.1 CC26x2R LaunchPad
    4. 5.4 BTool (Optional)
  7. 6Measuring Power Consumption With a DC Power Analyzer
    1. 6.1 Test Setup
      1. 6.1.1 Analysis Software Setup
    2. 6.2 Measurement Using Scope
    3. 6.3 Analysis
      1. 6.3.1 Advertising Event
      2. 6.3.2 Connection Event
      3. 6.3.3 Power Consumption Calculator
  8. 7EnergyTrace
    1. 7.1 Modifying the rfPacketTX Example
  9. 8References
  10. 9Revision History

5.1 Requirements

To measure average power consumption for Bluetooth Low Energy on CC26xx, the following hardware from Texas Instruments can be used:

  • CC26x2R LaunchPad
  • CC2650/CC2640R2/CC1352R/CC1352P LaunchPad [17]/[18]/[20]/[21]
  • A device running the HostTest project - Optional

The above mentioned hardware can be can be purchased at the TI Store [14].

In terms of software resources, the following are required:

  • BLE-Stack [15]
  • IAR EWARM [16]

    or

  • CCS Integrated Development Environment [22]

Make sure you are using the IAR and CCS version recommended for your version of the SDK/BLE-Stack. For more details, see the device-specific software release notes.