Our New Tool For Measuring USB Power – Basemark PAT

[Apoptosis]

Have you ever wanted to geek-out a little and know how much power your smartphone and tablet are using through the USB interface? Over the years we’ve looked at a number of mobile devices and found that it has been tough to accurately know how much power they are pulling let alone in real-time! This is when we looked into the Basemark Power Assessment Tool, PAT, an easy to use universal power consumption measurement tool.



Article Title: Our New Tool For Measuring USB Power – Basemark PAT
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/new-tool-me ... pat_182235

[Papoulka]

Just FYI for those interested: Soonda sells a nice USB power meter for $10 on Amazon. Just a digital readout (Amps; Volts up to 10VDC) but it seems accurate and is very handy for trouble-shooting.