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by LeafItAlone 1074 days ago
> Whats the point of Wifi if you need to power it with a USB cable?

What do you mean? Tons of IoT devices are powered from mains, not batteries.
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xchip 1074 days ago
Tons on IOT devices? Could you mention a few (that are actually useful)? The only one I know is the cellphone.

And even if they were powered from mains I don't want it to be inefficient. If they don't come with a buck converter with low quiescent current please don't buy it.

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petee 1074 days ago
Deep sleep is 7uA, 240uA light sleep.

And there still is a Vin to power it how ever you want, takes 6-21v. And a USB port makes serial easy.

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