power consumption?

[xuniversus]

Are there any rough numbers on the power consumption of the pokypow (even preliminary)?

[ajfriesen]

Good question.

The heart of this device is the ESP32-C3-MINI-1U.
That takes 3.0-3.6V, but since we are powering it over USB the USB2.0 and USB-C it is 5V.
I am not sure about the loss in between.

The power consumption can be checked here:

• https://www.espressif.com/sites/default/files/documentation/esp32-c3-mini-1_datasheet_en.pdf
• Chapter 6 Electrical Characteristics and
• Chapter 6.4 Current Consumption Characteristics (peak 350mA)

And here:

• https://www.espressif.com/sites/default/files/documentation/esp32-c3_datasheet_en.pdf
• Chapter 5 Electrical Characteristics
• Chapter 5.6 Current Consumption Depends on the Power mode

I do not know the average value.

Why do you ask?

[xuniversus]

I have been looking for this kind of solution for some time now, of course at those wattage it's becoming slightly trivial (but I do enjoy efficiency), and nanoKVM is another project I have been eyeing, which claims to have 1 watt. But it's very overkill, gives too much control (security) and wastes hdmi data. I will probably invest in a few pokypow and would be cherry on top (for me) knowing this beats nanokvm in power.

[ajfriesen]

When the new revision is out I will be doing some measurements.

[xuniversus]

Super, thank you very much!