Chip: Some tests on power consumption

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I have used my lab power supply to test CHIP's power needs. This power supply has two main sections, one has its own amperemeter and voltmeter. I have connected the first section (on the left) to an alpha CHIP, the second section (on the right) to a CHIP v1.

Alpha Chip uses R8m while Chip V1 uses R8.

Chipampere.jpg Chipamperefl.jpg

In the picture on the left both CHIPs are idle after completing the boot process. On the right CHIPs' processors are fully loaded as I started:

yes > /dev/null

on both.

As you can see the results are the following: