Argon deep sleep mode issues

[citsystems]

Hi All,

I’m using an argon to call a webhook and go straight back to deep sleep using

  SystemSleepConfiguration config;
  config.mode(SystemSleepMode::HIBERNATE)
      .gpio(WKP, RISING);
    System.sleep(config);

All of the code is in void setup, I do have some cloud functions that aren’t actively being used(I’m unsure if this affects whether it sleeps or not), and I’m using just the reset button to re-activate it as needed.

The documentation states that:

Typical power consumption in hibernate sleep mode, based on the wakeup source:

Device	GPIO	RTC
T523 Eval	103 uA	95 uA
T402 Eval	103 uA	95 uA
Boron 2G/3G	146 uA	n/a
Boron LTE	106 uA	n/a
B402 SoM	26 uA	n/a
B523 SoM	30 uA	n/a
Argon	65 uA	n/a
Electron	114 uA	114 uA
Photon	114 uA	114 uA

So the argon should be using around 65uA in deep sleep, but I’ve tried both 3.7 Lipo 400mah and 500mah batteries respectively and they’re not lasting longer than a day in deep sleep mode.

When it runs the webhook the Argon is active for about 5 seconds total before going back to sleep and it’s only being run once a day.

Power consumption just isn’t adding up.

Is there some trick I’m missing with the deep sleep mode? Is there other components on the argon that need to be manually disabled prior to deep sleep?

Thanks

Ben

[ScruffR]

What device OS version are you using?
Try the lates RC.

[citsystems]

Using 1.5.2, I’ve tried both classic sleep API commands as well as the current ones, makes no difference.

[gusgonnet]

Hi Ben, is there any component or sensor plugged in to Argon?
Is it only the Argon that you have or is there something else?

[Fragma]

I’d suggest trying v2.0.0. I had a similar problem, excessive power use during sleep, and using 2.0 with the new sleep api solved the problem for me. Before that I was having to manually turn off wifi, delay 250ms before starting sleep.

[citsystems]

Yes I hadn’t updated this post but after using 2.0 the issue appears to have resolved itself.