Optimisation for button cells (CR2032 and the likes)
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Hi,
I started using nModule, https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/6902/nmodule-temperature-humidity-light-door-sensor-shield/
very small node running on (among others) CR2032 button cell battery. @Nca78 has provided some "seed" sketch that is optimized for CR batteries and it works very good, so I was thinking if such optimizations could be implemented in the NodeManager itself for button cell batteries?
Here is the mentioned sketch https://www.openhardware.io/view/398/NModule-Temperature-Humidity-Light-Door-sensor-shield#tabs-source
I am not an expert, but by looking at the sketch, main optimizations are done relatively simple, f.eks. short 400ms sleeping between each data sending, short sleep after presentation, and I guess a few other relevant things (maybe voltage reporting could/should be set differently).I was considering opening feature request on github, but I was hoping that people who have more experience with button cells would come with more suggestions about what is important so that the nodeManager could be THE plugin for rapid development of battery-powered sensors.
Having this delay between sends (if not already supported) would be a great start. Maybe having a method or a setting in the power management specifically for button cell batteries? -
Referencing the enhancement request on https://github.com/mysensors/NodeManager/issues/233
Thanks!