The final test before any Sensor Watch release: power testing. At wrist temperature, the new Sensor Watch Lite board achieves current consumption on the order of 6 microamperes at 3 volts, or under 20 microwatts in wake mode. Sleep mode will be less. Either way, this is very good news; the old version of Sensor Watch consumed nearly 34 microwatts in wake mode — which was, to be clear, pretty good. But this is better.
oh HELL yeah. Sleep mode is under 10 microwatts, just 3.3 µA at 3 volts. This is half of what the old version consumed in sleep mode. Napkin math suggests of 99 weeks of battery life in wake mode, and 3.43 YEARS in sleep mode. Which means I could reasonably expect to assemble a Sensor Watch Lite board today, and still be running on the same battery when I wear it to Supercon 10 in 2026.
@joeycastillo Love it! LOW POWERRRRR LIFE
@joeycastillo I guess the lite meant lite power consumption. looking forward to it!
@joeycastillo that's great news!! Do you know what change is causing this improvement in power efficiency over the original board?
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Careful, we just might hold you to that...
@joeycastillo Does the sensor watch have lift to wake? Not sure if it would be more power efficient or less.