Power management

Question

Whilst looking at the Furby schematic, I noticed the ability to cut power to various components to increase battery life. Has anyone looked at what can be done on the Edison?

jasonwier92 · Answer

Turn off Bluetooth if you are not using it. rfkill block Bluetooth

Workshopshed · Answer

I spotted the following which suggests the main Linux CPU can be shut down and then woken using the MCU

https://software.intel.com/en-us/node/557354#Waking_up_the_host_CPU_using_the_MCU

Here's some stuff

https://communities.intel.com/thread/61067

And even more stuff here

Measurement of power consumption of Intel Edison in different operation modes / Geek magazine

Power management

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