Reduce Power Consumption

[mwood77]

• Under clock processor to 80 MHz
• Enable Light Sleep (double check applicable)

[mwood77]

setCpuFrequencyMhz(80)

[mwood77]

f3d84c5

...
  // Reduce power consumption
  // We set the CPU & modem power levels here, as we 
  // must wait for wifi to initialize via WiFi Manager
  setCpuFrequencyMhz(80);
  esp_wifi_set_ps(WIFI_PS_MAX_MODEM);
...

Low effort, but should make an impact

[mwood77]

5e6e527 - rolled back.

esp_wifi_set_ps(WIFI_PS_MAX_MODEM); causes poor user experience because of delay during boot + waiting for beacon (30+ seconds unavailable).

Also see:

• https://www.mischianti.org/2021/03/06/esp32-practical-power-saving-manage-wifi-and-cpu-1/