AN009 Firmware Examples

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Author: Rick

Publishing Examples, Sleeping Cellular Devices

There are three examples of periodically publishing data from an E Series, Electron, Boron, or B Series SoM that mostly sleeps.

This example illustrates:

Checking that the battery has sufficient capacity to connect.
Sleep on multiple connection failure to preserve battery.
Hour sleep, uses hibernation (SLEEP_MODE_DEEP).
This example is best for long sleep times, 15 minutes or more.
Use SEMI_AUTOMATIC mode.
Stay awake for firmware updates (optional).
AN029 Wake, publish, then sleep for cellular devices provides an annotated code example for doing wake, publish, then sleep cycles with cellular devices.

This example illustrates:

Checking that the battery has sufficient capacity to connect.
Sleep on multiple connection failure to preserve battery.
5 minute sleep, using stop mode sleep with cellular standby (SLEEP_NETWORK_STANDBY).
This example is best with short sleep times, under 15 minutes or if you want to be able to publish very quickly after waking up.
Customizable sending of device diagnostics.
Customizable software update behavior.
AN028 Stop mode sleep for cellular devices provides an annotated code example for using stop mode sleep with cellular devices.

This is the most complicated example. It illustrates:

5 minute sleep, using stop mode sleep with cellular standby (SLEEP_NETWORK_STANDBY).
This example is best with short sleep times, under 15 minutes or if you want to be able to publish very quickly after waking up.
Customizable sending of device diagnostics.
Customizable software update behavior.
Stores samples in EEPROM so they are preserved even if the connection fails.
Periodic sampling with minimal drift, even with connection failures.
AN030 Saving samples in EEPROM provides an annotated code example for using saving samples in EEPROM and publishing them when connected.