[Tinyos-help] CC2420,micaz,energy consumption

[R. Steve McKown]

On Thursday 05 October 2006 02:53 am, Munaretto, Daniel wrote:
> I need to measure the energy
> consumption in my motes while they're using the radio and while they're
> using the external flash to read and write data. This is in order to plan
> how to develop my future project.

The easiest solution is to use a digital sampling oscilloscope to measure the 
voltage drop across a small-ohm, precision resistor in series between the 
mote and its power source.  Decent scopes are more than fast enough to 
capture useful power event information.