ESP32S3 : 2.5ma consumption in deepsleep

Hello,

I’m facing an high consumption with an esp32s3 board (brand : SIINST) : 2,5 ma in deepsleep where it shouldn’t be more than 10 µa…

In order to identify the issue, I tried to use the simplest code and hardware, and also compared it with some esp32c3:

-I used the Arduino IDE Deepsleep exemple (without wake up pin, no wifi, no ADC).

-I only wired the +3v3, En and GND pin and added a single capacitor (I previously tried with a complete pcb with pullup resistors), using POGO pins.

-I did exactly the same thing with esp32c3 : only 8 µa in deepsleep.

-I tried with 3 esp32s3 and 2 esp32c3

As the same code and wiring are giving the expected consumption with the esp32c3 and not with the esp32s3, I really don’t have any idea of the issue…
On the French forum, someone suggested it could be linked with the flash memory not shutting down in deepsleep.

Could anyone give me any advice/tips ? I don’t find any guidance on the web

The final project (which is working- excepted the high consumption-) is a soil moisture sensor using the capacitive touch pin of the esp32, working on battery in Home assistant/Esphome – esp32C3 isn’t suitable.

I hope my English isn't too bad.
Thanks by advance for any help !

/*
Simple Deep Sleep with Timer Wake Up
=====================================
ESP32 offers a deep sleep mode for effective power
saving as power is an important factor for IoT
applications. In this mode CPUs, most of the RAM,
and all the digital peripherals which are clocked
from APB_CLK are powered off. The only parts of
the chip which can still be powered on are:
RTC controller, RTC peripherals ,and RTC memories

This code displays the most basic deep sleep with
a timer to wake it up and how to store data in
RTC memory to use it over reboots

This code is under Public Domain License.

Author:
Pranav Cherukupalli <cherukupallip@gmail.com>
*/

#define uS_TO_S_FACTOR 1000000ULL /* Conversion factor for micro seconds to seconds */
#define TIME_TO_SLEEP 60          /* Time ESP32 will go to sleep (in seconds) */

RTC_DATA_ATTR int bootCount = 0;

/*
Method to print the reason by which ESP32
has been awaken from sleep
*/
void print_wakeup_reason() {
  esp_sleep_wakeup_cause_t wakeup_reason;

  wakeup_reason = esp_sleep_get_wakeup_cause();

  switch (wakeup_reason) {
    case ESP_SLEEP_WAKEUP_EXT0:     Serial.println("Wakeup caused by external signal using RTC_IO"); break;
    case ESP_SLEEP_WAKEUP_EXT1:     Serial.println("Wakeup caused by external signal using RTC_CNTL"); break;
    case ESP_SLEEP_WAKEUP_TIMER:    Serial.println("Wakeup caused by timer"); break;
    case ESP_SLEEP_WAKEUP_TOUCHPAD: Serial.println("Wakeup caused by touchpad"); break;
    case ESP_SLEEP_WAKEUP_ULP:      Serial.println("Wakeup caused by ULP program"); break;
    default:                        Serial.printf("Wakeup was not caused by deep sleep: %d\n", wakeup_reason); break;
  }
}

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  delay(1000);  //Take some time to open up the Serial Monitor

  //Increment boot number and print it every reboot
  ++bootCount;
  Serial.println("Boot number: " + String(bootCount));

  //Print the wakeup reason for ESP32
  print_wakeup_reason();

  /*
  First we configure the wake up source
  We set our ESP32 to wake up every 5 seconds
  */
  esp_sleep_enable_timer_wakeup(TIME_TO_SLEEP * uS_TO_S_FACTOR);
  Serial.println("Setup ESP32 to sleep for every " + String(TIME_TO_SLEEP) + " Seconds");

  /*
  Next we decide what all peripherals to shut down/keep on
  By default, ESP32 will automatically power down the peripherals
  not needed by the wakeup source, but if you want to be a poweruser
  this is for you. Read in detail at the API docs
  http://esp-idf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api-reference/system/deep_sleep.html
  Left the line commented as an example of how to configure peripherals.
  The line below turns off all RTC peripherals in deep sleep.
  */
  //esp_deep_sleep_pd_config(ESP_PD_DOMAIN_RTC_PERIPH, ESP_PD_OPTION_OFF);
  //Serial.println("Configured all RTC Peripherals to be powered down in sleep");

  /*
  Now that we have setup a wake cause and if needed setup the
  peripherals state in deep sleep, we can now start going to
  deep sleep.
  In the case that no wake up sources were provided but deep
  sleep was started, it will sleep forever unless hardware
  reset occurs.
  */
  Serial.println("Going to sleep now");
  Serial.flush();
  esp_deep_sleep_start();
  Serial.println("This will never be printed");
}

void loop() {
  //This is not going to be called
}



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Yes.

The vast majority of ESP32 boards are just not designed for low current deep sleep, so design your own.

  • Cannot get any more bare bones than that.

  • Suggest you tie the EN and Boot GPIOs to 3v3 through 10k resistors.

Thanks for this advice, I have already designed a pcb for my project and I'm not using a devboard

Thanks for your answer but I already tried with and without those pullup, it didn't change anything...