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That's a very valid point in terms of how much current it will draw - I just did some reading and the first few things I've seen have said it could be up to 100ma difference - and like you say with the wifi it would be even more potentially if it was transferring,
I've got to admit I did run the X2 for a week or so with the adaptor and a full size 128GB card and it was fine but I guess it helps that has higher quality components - I'm not sure if anyone has tried these in a G1W as that may cause issues on the power adaptors if they've used cheaper ones?
The X2 does sip power more due to the Coach CPU but in theory parking mode would be 10% down due to the extra power usage.
I'm going to have to do some digging now to see if I can see power usage of various microSD cards as I've got a feeling the faster ones which seem to generate more heat are also using more power!
I did read ages ago that you could interface with an SD card using something like this:
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9419
I've got to admit I did run the X2 for a week or so with the adaptor and a full size 128GB card and it was fine but I guess it helps that has higher quality components - I'm not sure if anyone has tried these in a G1W as that may cause issues on the power adaptors if they've used cheaper ones?
The X2 does sip power more due to the Coach CPU but in theory parking mode would be 10% down due to the extra power usage.
I'm going to have to do some digging now to see if I can see power usage of various microSD cards as I've got a feeling the faster ones which seem to generate more heat are also using more power!
I did read ages ago that you could interface with an SD card using something like this:
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9419