The purpose of this document is collecting some generic techniques about how to lower the power consumption of Raspberry pi's. The name 'pile' comes from 'Raspberry Pi, low energy'.
This table represents some measurements of the power consumption of Raspberry Pi zero W connected to WiFi, with no other USB devices, or other peripherals connected. These measurements have been taken from a Portapow premium USB + DC Power Monitor.
| Power draw with no optimization | Power draw with optimization |
|---|---|
| ~0,583W | ~0,500W |
Add /usr/bin/tvservice -o to /etc/rc.local
Add these parameters to /boot/config.txt:
# Disable the ACT LED on the Pi Zero.
dtparam=act_led_trigger=none
dtparam=act_led_activelow=on
Add these parameters to /boot/config.txt:
# Disable Bluetooth
dtoverlay=pi3-disable-bt
Disable Bluetooth services:
sudo systemctl disable hciuart.service
sudo systemctl disable bluealsa.service
sudo systemctl disable bluetooth.service