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by themk 93 days ago
It's pretty exciting to see a small chip with an MMU. I wonder if it would be possible to get sel4 running on this?

I'm also curious about the current draw, but I couldn't find anything?

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I imagine sel4 could be possible, but I haven't done any specific checking for compatibility.

Current draw - depends on the operating mode, etc. A dabao board with all its regulators and overhead draws around 30mA @ 5V. The CPU in "WFI sleep" (clocked stopped, instant wake-up, all memory preserved) will draw about 12mA @ 0.85V. There's a "deep sleep" mode that requires an effective reboot (clock stopped, no memory preserved) to come out of where it's down to under 1mA @ 0.7V. These latter low power modes require an external power management architecture that can vary the voltage of the core so you can achieve lower leakage states.

I think comparatively speaking, the Baochip doesn't have strong low power numbers. I have always imagined it as more of a chip that gets stuck into a USB device, so it's plugged into a host with a fairly ample power reserve, and not a coin cell battery.