Reduce Power Consumption With This Guide
Power optimization is crucial when it comes to designing energy efficient (or low-power) DIY projects. This guide will lead you through the basic theory of energy usage (power) in electronics and then present a variety of sensors that have been hand-picked for their high performance and low power usage. If you have a DIY project that requires interfacing one or more sensors with a microcontroller and would like to reduce the energy consumption of your system to improve battery life, for instance, then this is the guide for you! Low Power Arduino Hack Guide #1 includes a variety of sensors that communicate via analog and digital signals and a list of powerful communication modules that pack a punch with very little power draw.
Topics Covered in Low Power Arduino Hack Guide #1:
- Current, Voltage, and Power in electronics - an introduction to the relationships between current, voltage, and energy consumption
- Low-power temperature sensor
- Low-power ultrasonic / distance sensors and higher-power alternatives
- Light sensor
- High-value current sensor
- Low-power Hall-effect sensor and higher-power alternatives
- LED driver
- Accelerometer modules
- RF module
- WiFi module and alternatives
- Bluetooth modules
