I wanted to see how low power the ESP8266 could be if it was no longer constrained by the infrastructure of 802.11. The results were shocking. Power savings was INCREDIBLE. Watch this video to see the results and my process.

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Repositories of interest:
https://github.com/cnlohr/tplink-raw-...
https://github.com/cnlohr/MinEspSDKLib

Watch my test, live: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... (NOTE: I will be trying different calibration data periodically)

Here is a static image of the power usage:   / 953020454939348993  

Watch this test, in real time... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...