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Tips and Tricks for Minimizing ARM Cortex-M CPU Power Consumption

I just read a colleagues (Matt Saunders, Snr Marketing Manager for MCU & Wireless products) document on minimising power consumption on ARM Cortex-M MCU's and thought I would share with the community as it's interesting reading and saving power always seems to be a hot topic.

Attached is the document which includes commentary on reducing the MCU power consumption with the Thumb-2power instruction set, power saving interrupt controller techniques and memory considerations.

It also highlights some of the key features/benefits of the M0+ core and offers some things to consider when designing for maximum power saving.

These energy saving tips can be implemented on Silicon Labs EFM32 range of ARM Cortex-M 32 bit MCU's.

Below is a link to the EFM32 range of starter kits available from RS and a link to Simplicity Studio — a complimentary software suite that provides instant, one-click access to all your tools, software, news, documents and resources.

Click here to see the range of starter kits & development kits 

ARM M0+ : EFM32ZG Zero Gecko 

ARM M3: EFM32G Gecko, EFM32TG Tiny Gecko, EFM32LG Leopard Gecko and EFM32GG Giant Gecko

ARM M4: EFM32WG Wonder Gecko

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