Theory of Operation
For example, a board with eight 10
µ
A RAMs installed is used
(powered-on) 8 hours per day, 5 days per week at +25˚C. In this
example, the battery acts as the power supply for the board for
different amounts of time
on
weekdays than on weekends
(16 hrs/day on weekdays, 24 hrs/day on weekends). Therefore, an
average daily rate must first be calculated. Each week has:
24 hrs/day x 7 days/week = 168 hrs/week
Since the battery is not in use 40 hrs/week, the weekly rate of battery
use is:
(168-40) hrs/week = 128 hrs/week
which gives a daily rate of:
128 hrs/week
7 days/week
= 18.29 hrs/day
This rate can be used to calculate the estimated battery life in days,
weeks, months, or years, as illustrated below.
The estimated battery life in days is:
8333 hrs
18.29 hrs/day
= 455.6 days
in weeks:
8333 hrs
18.29 hrs/day x 7 days/week
= 65.1 weeks
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