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    Question Battery Life Calculation???

    Hi. My name is Manuel, and I am building a project around the PIC16F628A and a piezo. It is supposed to make 10 one second BEEPs everyday at a specified hour (spaced around 10 mins). I am using TMR1 as a RTC with a 32 kHz osc, and a 4MHz main oscillator. The PIC sleepts between TMR1 interrupts, so as to save power, so the main oscillator would only be active for about:
    10 beeps * 1 sec each = 10 sec. Lets add 10 more sec to process the RTC routine (serious overkill!! i guess) so thats leaves us 20 seconds per day.
    The piezo draws about one mAh, and the PIC about 800 - 1000 uAh.
    The TMR1 oscillator will be on all day long. I want to calculate how long can a small 100 or 200 mAh lithium battery would last. This is what I have already done:


    2 mAh * 20 secs/day = 0.0111 mAh per day
    60 uAh * 24 HS = 1.4400 mAh per day
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    1.4511 mAh per day



    With 200 mAh battery = around 137 days.

    Is 60 uAh correct for TMR1 on with OSC???

    By the way, the pic will be powered from about 5 volts. (Two batteries in series and one diode so as to keep the voltage below 5.5V)

    Can you guys tell me if this calculation is ok please???? Thanks for your work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry for my english!!!

    Manuel
    Last edited by manumenzella; - 23rd February 2007 at 03:02.

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