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ESP32 deep sleep drawing 2mA, expected 10uA, what am I missing?

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2026 2:00 pm
by mark_ee_qc
Thesis battery node. Datasheet says deep sleep ~10uA. My board draws 2mA measured. Battery dead in days, not months.

Checked:
  • esp_deep_sleep_start() called correctly
  • No Serial.print keeping UART awake
Suspect the onboard regulator (AMS1117) + USB-serial chip (CH340) eat the current even in sleep. Dev boards not built for low power.

Options: cut the regulator trace, or move to a bare ESP32-WROOM module on custom PCB. Sino nakagawa ng true-uA sleep sa dev board? Or kailangan talaga bare module?