Particle drawing 180mA from battery while in deep sleep mode

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@NST1992 If you want to see the under 1mA current consumption during deep sleep them mimic this code and supply 3.7v to the vBat pin and Gnd.

#include "Particle.h"

// This behaves the same for SEMI_AUTOMATIC and MANUAL
SYSTEM_MODE(MANUAL);

SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED);

int ledPin = D7;         // LED connected to D1

void setup() {
     pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);          // Sets pin as output
}

void loop() {
 //The 6 lines of code below are needed to turn off the Modem before sleeping if your using SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED); with the current 0.6.0 firmware. It's a AT Command problem currently. 
  Cellular.on();
  delay(10000);
  Cellular.command("AT+CPWROFF\r\n");
  delay(2000);
  FuelGauge().sleep();
  delay(2000);
  
  
  digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);   // Sets the LED on
  delay(150);                   // Waits for a second
  digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);    // Sets the LED off
  delay(150);                   // Waits for a second
  digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);   // Sets the LED on
  delay(150);                   // Waits for a second
  digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);    // Sets the LED off
  delay(150);                   // Waits for a second
  digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);   // Sets the LED on
  delay(150);                   // Waits for a second
  digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);    // Sets the LED off
  delay(150);                   // Waits for a second
  digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);   // Sets the LED on
  delay(150);                   // Waits for a second
  digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);    // Sets the LED off
  
  System.sleep(SLEEP_MODE_DEEP, 100);  //Put the Electron into Deep Sleep for 1 Hour. 
}

If you want to see the 160mA reading then apply power to the Li+ pin and Gnd.

If you apply 5v to Vin and wait a few seconds after the LED’s signal that the Electron has went into deep sleep then you should see current bounce around 0.002 - 0.0014 Amps @ 5v if you have no battery connected to the Electron. The RED charging LED is flashing like crazy since there is no battery connected. If there was a battery connected then the PMIC would be trying to pull 100-500mA to charge the battery during deep sleep.

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