ESP8266 Community Forum

- Thu Dec 01, 2016 4:53 am #58933 I have an esp development board with micro USB power. How can I measure it's power consumption?
For raspberry pi I use a USB gadget that shows voltage and current but it shows 0 amps for the esp.
I don't have, or know how to use an oscilloscope.
Is there a similar easy gadget to show micro amps?
Thanks!

- Fri Dec 02, 2016 6:27 am #58999 There is a middle point between an USB gadget and an oscilloscope: a multimeter. You probably do not need a fancy and expensive model, just be sure that it has enough resolution to measure small currents.

- Sat Dec 03, 2016 6:14 pm #59059 Thanks. I do have a multimeter, will have to read up on using it.