[Coco] 6309/6809 power consumption

[Salvador Garcia]

 Thanks all, for the responses. I have the 6309 handbook that was referenced. I mus have missed the current draw on page 272. I'll have another look.

Regards, Salvador



    On Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 05:31:36 PM CDT, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:  
 
 Probably wouldn't matter much what the CPU is doing. Even when it's 
"idle" it's fetching and executing instructions from memory just as fast 
as if you are transferring heaps of data.

Dave


On 10/16/2019 4:44 PM, camillus wrote:
> HI,
> Does not play Frequency and number of gates play roll in that.. also the load of which is put on those gates..,
> So I think good way to know is experiment with a 6309 running a loop transferring heaps of data from memory to memory, and measure the current that takes..
>
> cb
>  
> On 10/16/2019 5:17:00 PM, Salvador Garcia via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> I can't seem to find how much current these uPs need. I know the 63xx uses less current than its Motorola counterpart, but can't seem to find this information. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Thank you! Salvador
>
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