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Old 21-03-2017, 03:51 PM
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wasyoungonce (Brendan)
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When I had some bad solder joins on PCB2 it was pulling more current than normal, around 220mA. Fixing the joints lowered the current draw. Go figure. Pretty sure this was the 5V line as well.

I also noted when doing tests, when the camera was running ok on camview the I draw was ~ 130~170mA. But when camview mucked up, you know thru the software "disconnect" and "re-connect" the I draw was higher. Also not consistent.

Sorry I have my values at home, I recorded them. Using constant voltage supply with current limit so monitoring current is easy.
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