Low Power Hardware Design

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Introduction
What is “low power”?
Benefits and Enemies of LPD (Low Power Design)
System Engineering
Power in sleep mode vs. run mode
Modeling the system
Current budget & runtime requirements
HW / SW partitioning
Voltage, current and clock speed
Fault management
Human engineering

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Hardware Engineering
Battery technologies
Power Supply types and efficiency
Analog Circuitry – parasitic losses and other issues
Programmable Logic
DSP vs. general purpose MCU
Memory type comparison
User interface (buttons, displays, LEDs, audible alerts)
Board design & layout
Firmware
Firmware architecture
CPU sleep modes
Tips and Tricks
Pin multiplexing
CPU clock management
Sub-system power management
Battery monitoring & management
Wrap up
Trade-offs – performance/features/power
Future / emerging technologies