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Post #179 by trag
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateTue, 11 Nov 2014 - 18:22
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/designing-a-portable-ram-card.314/
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Not worth the effort. I was powering the card on my bench supply alone, and the ammeter was 0.00 so its power consumption at 3.3v is miniscule
Suspected that might be the case.  SRAM really uses tiny amounts of power.   Still, can't help thinking of unnecessary "optimizations".  :)

Also, not sure if running them on a 1V Vreg would save much power even if the chips used more current.   Since simple Vregs lower the voltage in part by dissipating power resistively to get to a lower voltage, switching from 3.3V to 1V might just move the power consumption from the SRAM chips to the 1V voltage regulator.

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