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This tag is for questions regarding powering and/or power consumption of Arduino systems.

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Budgeting Power for 5V Arduino Pro Mini

In my low power project, I'm using a Arduino Pro Mini (5V, 16 MHz, ATMEGA328) and a low wattage 3W power supply. Everything else on the system other than the Arduino uses a max of 1.98W. … How much power should I budget for the Arduino Pro Mini (without any mods, ie: disconnecting the voltage regulator and LED)? …
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What is the maximum power consumption of the Arduino Nano 3.0?

What is the maximum power consumption (in mW) of the Arduino Nano 3.0, when it is running in its default state (at 16MHz, no LEDs removed) and powered by an external regulated 5V supply so it bypasses … This will give us an upper bound on the power consumption of the Arduino Nano that can be used during estimates. …
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Arduino USB Power vs External Power Supply

Why is the Arduino able to accept ~5V from the USB, but requires a min of 7V when using an external power supply? …
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3.3V, 5V and 9V pins on Arduino

On my Arduino Uno R3 and Arduino Mega R3, there are 5V and 3.3V pins. However on this page Introduction to the Arduino Board, there is a 5V and 9V pin but no 3.3V pin. The page at Arduino: What Adap …
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Reading a varying voltage into Arduino

The final goal of this is to calculate the power usage after determining the RMS current flowing through the wire. …
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