How much current does the Make Controller consume?
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We are yet to formally characterized this. The SAM7X Datasheet
provides all the details you need to calculate exactly what the processor will consume on a peripheral by peripheral basis.
Our Controller Board Tester (which has current consumption measurement) reports a big variation depending on what software's running. With minimal SAM-BA (i.e. USB, not much else) running, the current is approx 35mA. When all guns are blazing - ethernet, usb, adc, leds, etc. we can get more like 150mA. The SAM7X offers all kinds of power consumption control mechanisms - a custom program could get pretty frugal.

