Thanks.

Have your tests extended to the reading of Vdd?  I find the available
documentation a bit sparse on that.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 05:54:31PM +0800, Justin Richards wrote:
> Hi James,
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> I get similar results to the results I published while running a continuo=
us
> successful ping in Station Mode.
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> I also get similar results when I issue wifi.sta.disconnect() and it is
> clear as the pings are not returned. I can not determine that after the
> disconnect is issued that the radio is turned off.  My existing setup doe=
s
> not enable me to read precise enough current values, but the needle on th=
e
> meter does not appear to shift.  It gives a slight flutter when I issue t=
he
> connect command.  I will modify the setup shortly to better read currents=
..
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> The tests I initially ran were in connected mode but I was not actively
> pinging the device at the time.
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> Justin
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> On 20 October 2015 at 16:15, James Cameron <quozl@laptop.org> wrote:
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> > What I've understood is that the ADC channel for reading Vdd can't be
> > used when in station mode connected to an access point.  So you either
> > read it before you connect, or you disconnect, by either calling the
> > disconnect function or changing mode to softap.
> >
> > I've actually not seen any evidence that the external ADC channel is
> > also affected.  People might be conflating the two.  I'm interested in
> > your test results once you get to that.
> >
> > Might be worth monitoring current to the ESP8266 to figure out for
> > sure if the radio is off.
> >
> > Also use other means to verify disconnect, such as a ping from a host
> > on the network you joined.
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 04:02:31PM +0800, Justin Richards wrote:
> > > I am struggling to find the required commands to turn the wifi modem =
off
> > on
> > > the ESP8266 to re-run the ADC experiment.
> > >
> > > There is sleep.type(MODEM.SLEEP) which does not appear to do anything=
 and
> > > modem disconnect from AP command but I can not be sure that is actual=
ly
> > > turning off the WIFI module.
> > >
> > > Justin
> > >
> > > On 20 October 2015 at 12:51, Justin Richards <justin.richards@gmail.c=
om>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I see that I committed a heinous crime that I am always accusing ot=
hers
> > > > of:  providing a meaningless graph without labelling the axis.  Let=
s
> > try
> > > > again.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The test will be re-run with radio off if the opportunity presents
> > itself.
> > > >
> > > > Attached graph that plots Percentage Error against millivolt range =
0
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> > > >  with WIFI connected.
> > > >
> > > > I welcome any feedback regarding graphing to efficiently convey
> > > > information.
> > > >
> > > > Justin
> > > >
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