ESP32 deepsleep unsure
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:13 pm
Hallo,
I'm trying to use the esp32 with WIFI and deepsleep with a Battery 18650. It works very unsure. Sometimes it works 20minutes, sometime it works 4 hours.
I tried all and I have written a little testprogram. Now my question: Is in the program an error or what can I do.
I use the 18650 only. with no capacitor or other things. I can see, WIFI uses many power. But I believe the battery delivers power enough - or not?
There are many delay() I believe we don't need. This are "anxiety"-delays.
My target is, running the ESP32 with a battery months and more (i believed in the low power consumption in deepsleep). Today I believe: the power consumption with wifi is to high (connecting to WIFI every 20 minutes) and the deepsleep is unsure, because it doesn't work really. Nowhere I can find an example with practical experiences for such a function.
what are your experiences ?
Many thanks
Thomas
I'm trying to use the esp32 with WIFI and deepsleep with a Battery 18650. It works very unsure. Sometimes it works 20minutes, sometime it works 4 hours.
I tried all and I have written a little testprogram. Now my question: Is in the program an error or what can I do.
I use the 18650 only. with no capacitor or other things. I can see, WIFI uses many power. But I believe the battery delivers power enough - or not?
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/*
* This sketch demonstrates how to scan WiFi networks.
* Then I connect my own WIFI and after success I disconnect
* now deepsleep
* ========================================================================
*
*/
#include "WiFi.h"
#define LED_YELLOW 22 // external LED
#define LED_BLUE 2 // internal blue LED
#define uS_TO_S_FACTOR 1000000
int x;
IPAddress ip(192, 168, 2, 55); // static IP
IPAddress gateway(192, 168, 2, 1);
IPAddress subnet(255, 255, 255, 0);
IPAddress dns(192, 168, 2, 1);
const char* SSID = "wirelesskabel";
const char* PSK = "pwd";
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(115200);
// Set WiFi to station mode
WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
delay(100);
pinMode(LED_BLUE,OUTPUT);
pinMode(LED_YELLOW,OUTPUT);
Serial.println("Setup done");
}
// show short blinks(gpio, count, led_on,led_off in ms))
void blink_led (byte gpionr,byte count, int led_on ,int led_off) {
for (byte x=0; x<count; x++) {
digitalWrite(gpionr, HIGH); // set led on
delay(led_on);
digitalWrite(gpionr, LOW); // set led off
delay(led_off);
}
}
void sleep_now(int sleeptime){
esp_sleep_enable_timer_wakeup(sleeptime * uS_TO_S_FACTOR ); //(sec * uS_TO_S_FACTOR);
esp_sleep_pd_config(ESP_PD_DOMAIN_RTC_SLOW_MEM, ESP_PD_OPTION_ON); // siehe https://esp32.com/viewtopic.php?t=7045
delay(50);
esp_deep_sleep_start(); // sleep_now ESP32
}
void loop()
{
Serial.println("scan start");
// WiFi.scanNetworks will return the number of networks found
int n = WiFi.scanNetworks();
if (n == 0) {
Serial.println("no networks found");
blink_led(LED_YELLOW,3,100,100);
delay(100);
sleep_now(5); // deepsleep ESP32 for 5 s because no Wifi found
} else {
Serial.print(n);
Serial.println(" networks found");
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
// Print SSID and RSSI for each network found
Serial.print(" ");Serial.print(i + 1);
Serial.print(": ");
Serial.print(WiFi.SSID(i));
Serial.print(" (");
Serial.print(WiFi.RSSI(i));
Serial.print(")");
Serial.println((WiFi.encryptionType(i) == WIFI_AUTH_OPEN)?" ":"*");
delay(10);
}
}
Serial.println("");
// connecting to network "wirelesskabel"
WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
WiFi.config(ip, gateway, subnet,dns,dns); // feste IP dem ESP32 geben - statisch
Serial.print("Wifi via fixed IP Connecting to ");
Serial.print(SSID);
Serial.print(" IP: ");Serial.println(ip);
WiFi.begin(SSID, PSK);
delay(100);
Serial.println("after Wifi.begin");
x=0; //counter of trying connections
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
{
delay(50);
x++;
blink_led(LED_BLUE,1,200,100); // Blinkzyklus: erst ON, dann OFF
if (x>10)
{
// max numbers wifi-connect exceeded - WIFI-ERROR
Serial.print("Wifi-Connect Error...");
WiFi.disconnect();
delay(50);
sleep_now(5); // deepsleep ESP32 for 5 s
}
}
if ( WL_CONNECTED ) {
Serial.println("");
Serial.println("Wifi-Connect OK, now disconnect ...");
delay(1000);
blink_led(LED_YELLOW,1,1000,100);
WiFi.disconnect();
Serial.println("OK: Wifi-disconnected, deepsleep now for 20s ----------------------");
Serial.println("");
delay(100);
}
else
// normally I come never to this point
blink_led(LED_BLUE,5,600,400); // Error Blinken
sleep_now(20); // normal deepsleep ESP32 for 20s
// end
}
My target is, running the ESP32 with a battery months and more (i believed in the low power consumption in deepsleep). Today I believe: the power consumption with wifi is to high (connecting to WIFI every 20 minutes) and the deepsleep is unsure, because it doesn't work really. Nowhere I can find an example with practical experiences for such a function.
what are your experiences ?
Many thanks
Thomas