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Old 06-06-2010, 01:47 AM   #918 (permalink)
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problem is that it still needs to be listening to the buttons and the injector and the speed signal so it knows when to wake up, which limit the sleep level you can achieve, and might get some strange readings if the program proper isn't running but interrupts are being generated. We are talking 20ma idle current, vs complications (and code space) to remove some fraction of that 20ma, not sure it is worth it to do it correctly (i.e. test the crap out of it and make sure it doesn't break, or break anything else now or in any future updates). It is hard to justify spending the resources on 20milliamps.
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