- on Test & Measurement
- Published in issue 3/2010 on page 60
Every Microwatt Matters
Low power design for AVR applications

This article will help you design energy-efficient circuits based around AVR microcontrollers. Even cutting a single microamp from the current consumption of a circuit can be important in designs powered from batteries, Goldcaps, solar cells or 20 mA current-loop interfaces, and in designs that use so-called ‘energy harvesting’.