8 Estimating Using the Calculator Tool

Along with this application note, a pre-filled Microsoft® Excel® sheet was released that helps the user in quickly estimating the power consumption based on the estimated number of instances. For more details, refer to the SAMR30_Mi-Wi_Power_Consumption_Estimator. The user is expected to edit only the column titled “Estimated no. of instances” to arrive at the estimated total average current consumption in mA. The following are the few example calculations made using the Excel sheet. The 8.1 Example Calculations section also compares the estimated power consumption with an actual measured value to explain the deviation between the values.