Power management algorithm included in ESP-IDF can adjust the advanced peripheral bus (APB) frequency, CPU frequency, and put the chip into light sleep mode to run an application at smallest possible power consumption, given the requirements of application components.
- Driver for a peripheral clocked from APB can request the APB frequency to be set to 80 MHz while the peripheral is used.
- RTOS can request the CPU to run at the highest configured frequency while there are tasks ready to run.
- A peripheral driver may need interrupts to be enabled, which means it will have to request disabling light sleep.
Since requesting higher APB or CPU frequencies or disabling light sleep causes higher current consumption, please keep the usage of power management locks by components to a minimum.
Enabling power management features comes at the cost of increased interrupt latency. Extra latency depends on a number of factors, such as the CPU frequency, single/dual core mode, whether or not frequency switch needs to be done. Minimum extra latency is 0.2 us (when the CPU frequency is 240 MHz and frequency scaling is not enabled). Maximum extra latency is 40 us (when frequency scaling is enabled, and a switch from 40 MHz to 80 MHz is performed on interrupt entry).
Dynamic frequency scaling (DFS) and automatic light sleep can be enabled in an application by calling the function :cpp:func:`esp_pm_configure`. Its argument is a structure defining the frequency scaling settings, :cpp:class:`esp_pm_config_{IDF_TARGET_PATH_NAME}_t`. In this structure, three fields need to be initialized:
-``max_freq_mhz``: Maximum CPU frequency in MHz, i.e., the frequency used when the ``ESP_PM_CPU_FREQ_MAX`` lock is acquired. This field will usually be set to the default CPU frequency.
-``min_freq_mhz``: Minimum CPU frequency in MHz, i.e., the frequency used when only the ``ESP_PM_APB_FREQ_MAX`` lock is acquired. This field can be set to the XTAL frequency value, or the XTAL frequency divided by an integer. Note that 10 MHz is the lowest frequency at which the default REF_TICK clock of 1 MHz can be generated.
-``light_sleep_enable``: Whether the system should automatically enter light sleep when no locks are acquired (``true``/``false``).
Alternatively, if you enable the option :ref:`CONFIG_PM_DFS_INIT_AUTO` in menuconfig, the maximum CPU frequency will be determined by the :ref:`CONFIG_{IDF_TARGET_CFG_PREFIX}_DEFAULT_CPU_FREQ_MHZ` setting, and the minimum CPU frequency will be locked to the XTAL frequency.
Automatic light sleep is based on FreeRTOS Tickless Idle functionality. If automatic light sleep is requested while the option :ref:`CONFIG_FREERTOS_USE_TICKLESS_IDLE` is not enabled in menuconfig, :cpp:func:`esp_pm_configure` will return the error `ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED`.
In light sleep, peripherals are clock gated, and interrupts (from GPIOs and internal peripherals) will not be generated. A wakeup source described in the :doc:`sleep_modes` documentation can be used to trigger wakeup from the light sleep state.
..only:: SOC_PM_SUPPORT_EXT_WAKEUP
For example, the EXT0 and EXT1 wakeup sources can be used to wake up the chip via a GPIO.
Applications have the ability to acquire/release locks in order to control the power management algorithm. When an application acquires a lock, the power management algorithm operation is restricted in a way described below. When the lock is released, such restrictions are removed.
Power management locks have acquire/release counters. If the lock has been acquired a number of times, it needs to be released the same number of times to remove associated restrictions.
- Requests CPU frequency to be at the maximum value set with:cpp:func:`esp_pm_configure`. For {IDF_TARGET_NAME}, this value can be set to 80 MHz, 160 MHz, or 240 MHz.
* - ``ESP_PM_APB_FREQ_MAX``
- Requests the APB frequency to be at the maximum supported value. For {IDF_TARGET_NAME}, this is 80 MHz.
The table below shows how CPU and APB frequencies will be switched if dynamic frequency scaling is enabled. You can specify the maximum CPU frequency with either :cpp:func:`esp_pm_configure` or :ref:`CONFIG_{IDF_TARGET_CFG_PREFIX}_DEFAULT_CPU_FREQ_MHZ`.
If none of the locks are acquired, and light sleep is enabled in a call to :cpp:func:`esp_pm_configure`, the system will go into light sleep mode. The duration of light sleep will be determined by:
- FreeRTOS tasks blocked with finite timeouts
- Timers registered with :doc:`High resolution timer <esp_timer>` APIs
Light sleep duration will be chosen to wake up the chip before the nearest event (task being unblocked, or timer elapses).
To skip unnecessary wake-up you can consider initializing an esp_timer with the `skip_unhandled_events` option as true. Timers with this flag will not wake up the system and it helps to reduce consumption.
When DFS is enabled, the APB frequency can be changed multiple times within a single RTOS tick. The APB frequency change does not affect the work of some peripherals, while other peripherals may have issues. For example, Timer Group peripheral timers will keep counting, however, the speed at which they count will change proportionally to the APB frequency.
-**SPI slave**: between calls to :cpp:func:`spi_slave_initialize` and :cpp:func:`spi_slave_free`.
-**Ethernet**: between calls to :cpp:func:`esp_eth_driver_install` and :cpp:func:`esp_eth_driver_uninstall`.
-**WiFi**: between calls to :cpp:func:`esp_wifi_start` and :cpp:func:`esp_wifi_stop`. If modem sleep is enabled, the lock will be released for the periods of time when radio is disabled.
-**TWAI**: between calls to :cpp:func:`twai_driver_install` and :cpp:func:`twai_driver_uninstall`.
:SOC_BT_SUPPORTED and esp32:- **Bluetooth**: between calls to :cpp:func:`esp_bt_controller_enable` and :cpp:func:`esp_bt_controller_disable`. If Bluetooth modem sleep is enabled, the ``ESP_PM_APB_FREQ_MAX`` lock will be released for the periods of time when radio is disabled. However the ``ESP_PM_NO_LIGHT_SLEEP`` lock will still be held, unless :ref:`CONFIG_BTDM_CTRL_LOW_POWER_CLOCK` option is set to "External 32kHz crystal".
:SOC_BT_SUPPORTED and esp32c3:- **Bluetooth**: between calls to :cpp:func:`esp_bt_controller_enable` and :cpp:func:`esp_bt_controller_disable`. If Bluetooth modem sleep is enabled, the ``ESP_PM_APB_FREQ_MAX`` lock will be released for the periods of time when radio is disabled. However the ``ESP_PM_NO_LIGHT_SLEEP`` lock will still be held.
