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bluejedi November 16, 2018, 4:25pm 91

How to drastically improve battery life of an EEVBlog uCurrent Gold

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How to drastically improve battery life of an EEVBlog uCurrent Gold Most of the uCurrent’s battery power is consumed by its LED (‘BATT OK’). So battery life is mainly determined by the LED’s current (not well-designed for a device focused on low-current and itself powered by a tiny battery). The LED is on when the device is powered on and battery voltage is 2.65V or higher. The warm-yellow LED has a 270 Ohm series resistor and draws around 3 mA current. Replacing the LED with a bright version …

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