Power Management

To reduce power consumption, the ACU6 will automatically suspend when no application has explicitly requested power. (The Base System will periodically request power.)

To request power in an application, use the Power Service.

It is also possible to request power from an external source, by connecting the ONSW pin. In the Start Kit cabling, ONSW is connected to the Seer device.

The Seer device sets power to ON and ONSW to OFF, when powered on.

Controlling ONSW with the SDK

Use the following script to control the ONSW pin:

$ ./rundocker.sh utils/onsw.sh on
$ ./rundocker.sh utils/onsw.sh off