Odroid U3 power measurements

Problemchild

6 Apr 2014

I have a good few Odroid U3 SBCs I'm currently evaluating.

During this process I have been taking current measurements from

my bench supply whilst getting the U3 to perform various painful tasks such as 1080p

video playback and CPUBURN on 1,2,3 & all for all 4x 1.7GHZ cores.

Less demanding but more realistic I went through some web browsing, word processing

and Graphics "editing" with GIMP

Approximate results.

Idle 0.2-0.3A

Booting 0.3-0.9peak

Normal tasks 0.4-0.5A

CPU BURN 4cores 1.4A

1080p Movie playback 0.8-1.0A

mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to Problemchild

Good point.
There is no duty/tax, but there is GST, and despite the lower value put on by Newark, that's the charge.

I did provide evidence to UPS that they were a gift (as part of the road test) but whether they bothered to try or not is anyone's guess.

So how much are you selling the Odroid for?

Mark
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Problemchild over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1

All rather similar ..ish in the UK

Just wondering .....since these items are merely to test and tinker with would they better sent as "commercial samples" and thus would be free of duty in most places.....??!?!?!?!
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mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to Problemchild

Sorry should have said that it's USD$25.

Our duty arrangement is that if the GST (15%) and Duty/Tax is less than $50, they just let it through.
That means if the item is about NZ$333 with no tax, then you're fine.

Unfortunately as I found out with the Wireless Challenge, when it goes over the threshold, then Customs decide to add a $46 fee, plus then UPS (the people paid by element14 to deliver it) add another $21.50.
hence $142.50 later I received my free gift.

I don't mind the GST bit, (if you are a company) but otherwise it's a rort that everyone seems to get involved with.

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Problemchild over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1

That's cheaper than the UK we need to pay like $50 !! and the taxes when they get here thus me offering them!
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mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to Problemchild

I'll have to watch it later as everyone is asleep and so should I.

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