Reducing power consumption

15 May 2012

Hey guys,

I would like to reduce the power consumption of my mbed NXP LPC1768 chip. I've tried to run it in sleep mode and used a Watchdog timer to kick it every 20 seconds.

I would like to further reduce the power consumption by adjusting the clock frequency and disabling pins that I do not need. By adjusting the clock frequency (any lower than 96 MHz, maybe 48MHz), I would not want to use an external PWM.

As for the pins disabling, is there a way to switch off the pins (other than desoldering them)?

I need help with the 2 sets of codes for the clock frequencies and pins disabling.

PS: will semihost_powerdown help also?