ESP32 Deep sleep power consumption

[epicac]

Hi guys,

recently I bought a couple of ESP32 Dev boards:

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The upper one has already power indication diod soldered off. But for some reason in deep sleep the power consumption is 9.7mA (resp. 11.2mA with the diod on).
I wanted to use a 3.7V 700mAh LiPo battery but it's drained in 3 days. Battery is connected using VIN, GND pins. The test code is just this:

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1. #define uS_TO_S_FACTOR 1000000
2. #define TIME_TO_SLEEP  30
3.  
4. void setup() {
5.   esp_sleep_enable_timer_wakeup(TIME_TO_SLEEP * uS_TO_S_FACTOR);
6.   esp_deep_sleep_start();
7.  
8. }
9.  
10. void loop() {
11. }

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Do you guys have any idea?
Thanks

[ESP_Sprite]

If any, replace the AMS1117 LDO, they're notoriously inefficient.

[epicac]

Thanks for the answer. I have a couple of HT7333s at home, so I'll try that!

[ESP_Sprite]

You can try, but do note that those LDOs are limited to 250mA. The ESP32 needs a minimum of 500mA on WiFi initialization, otherwise it'll brown out. (If you want to test it anyway: a hacky solution would be to put two HT7333 chips in parallel.)

[DavidL]

Hello
I take advantage of this topic, to know LDO recommendation. for full use. ?