Graynomad
I've read that the voltage regulator takes alot of power too, is it apart of the ftdi chip?
RuggedCircuits
Where/How did you measure the arduino current? When I measure the usb port, I get 18.7mA, but that number didn't change when I had one of the pins light up a mini light for 5s(5000ms), so I'm suspicious that I did it wrong.
Thank You