[ntp:questions] Do I have a lock to my NMEA GPS?

Terje Mathisen "terje.mathisen at tmsw.no" at ntp.org
Sun Nov 11 19:17:21 UTC 2012


David Woolley wrote:
> Terje Mathisen wrote:
>
>>
>> I don't know exactly how much power it needs, but since it runs easily
>> on USB power, it has to use less than 500 mA @ 5V (2.5W), and probably
>> significantly less.
>
> If you are using Linux, you can use lsusb to find the declared current
> consumption for the device, which should give you an upper bound on the
> power consumption.

FreeBSD, I don't know if that OS has something similar?

Terje

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