ESP32-C6 Power Consumption: Arduino vs. Zephyr vs. ESP-IDF Comparison
hasheddan
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July 25, 2026
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dlcarrier
It highlights that an idle loop in Arduino is energetically detrimental. That's not particularly uncommon. Many compilers or OSes default to wait loops when there's nothing to do, and they can be pretty power hungry.