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Prop power consumption

T ChapT Chap Posts: 4,223
edited 2009-10-29 19:02 in General Discussion
Can someone help me sort this out:

Current Draw @ 3.3 vdc, 70 °F 500 μA per MIPS (MIPS = Freq in MHz / 4 * Number of Active Cogs)

7 cogs 80mhz

500 uA = .0005 A

80 000 000 / (2 * 7) = 5_714_285

5_714_285 * .0005 = 2857

What is this number 2857? Doesn't seem right that there is 2857 amps used on the Prop!

I put a meter on a project yesterday (AC hot in series). The project is a toroidal 120ac to 24ac, 5 volt switching reg IC @ 1.8amps rating, 15v regulator IC , 20 IC's total, 6 mosfets. I plugged in the leads to the 10amp input, and got .07 amps idle and .1 with motor running. I want to try to get an approximate amp number for the system on paper, since .07A seems low for all the parts that are running.

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