9.3 System Power Consumption in Applicative Use Cases

Table 9-4 provides the device power consumption in the following conditions:

  • fCPU_CLK = 800 MHz
  • fMCK1 = 200 MHz
  • fMCK2 = 533 MHz
  • fMCK3 = 266 MHz
  • fMCK4 = 400 MHz
  • fMCK5 = 200 MHz
  • fMCK6 = 200 MHz
  • fMCK7 = 100 MHz
  • fMCK8 = 100 MHz
  • fMCK9 = 100 MHz
  • I & D caches enabled
  • Use cases run on Linux®
  • Ambient temperature: 25°C
  • Current consumptions are measured as shown in Figure 9-1. Note that the external component current consumptions are counted.

The measurements are provided for typical SAMA7D65D1G and SAMA7D65D2G devices.

Table 9-3. Use Case Definition
Use CaseDescription
1Audio MP3 decoding and playback on I2S; MP3 file on USB mass storage
2SAMA7D6 running as iPerf server
3Running Bonnie++ on USB mass storage
4SAMA7D6 downloads a file from GMAC0 and copies this file to USB mass storage
5Test pattern display using mode test (720x1280 DSI panel @ 60 Hz)
6Linux idle
Figure 9-1. Current Measurement for Applicative Use Cases
Table 9-4. Power Consumption in Applicative Use Cases
Use CasePower Consumption (mW)

VDDCORE

1.05V

VDDCPU

1.15V

VDDIODDR

1.35V

VDDIN33

VDDUTMII

3.3V

Total

11814397181501
2204117185224730
3195156123176650
418363120173538
520629113197545
61894196164490