Power consumption tests

[System64fumo]

Since i don't have the time or resources to test every hardware out there perhaps the community could help a little.

I've started noting down the power consumption of some machines (For now only the Orange Pi 3B) but would like to expand this to the rest.

Minimum

Minimum power draw should be what the bare board uses, No peripherals, No communication, Booted into an OS, Ideally the most minimal one if possible (Busybox or CLI variant of whichever distro you like).

Preferably using powersave schedulers for both CPU and GPU and no HDMI/DP cables connected, LEDs switched off, Antennas switched off/blocked.

Essentially the lowest power state you can get down to without actually putting it to sleep.

Maximum

Maximum power draw should be what the board can potentially reach if fully kitted out.
CPU and GPU set to performance mode, CPU maxed out, GPU maxed out, Memory stressed (Not filled), Network maxed out (In & Out), Radios maxed out (WiFi & Bluetooth), Etc..
This won't represent a daily use scenario but will represent what the theoretical max a board can/will ever draw.

Future plans

Would be nice to benchmark each individual component of the system, So like say board uses 1w and if the CPU is maxed out it uses 2w, Then if you stop stressing the CPU and start stressing the GPU it would use like 3w, Etc etc..

Would also be nice to measure the power consumption during sleep, Though some machines can't really go to sleep so this might not work for everything..

[System64fumo]

@HeyMeco Would you be interested in measuring the radxa orion o6?
I don't really have the correct test equipment for such a beast 😅
Or the time.. Since it's kind of my main rig now..