GenBasic 2A4M1 Power Characterization

Hardware Wireless
,
1

USB WiFi 4 Dongle

20MHz

  • Idle Not Connected - 0.02A (0.1W)
  • Idle Scanning - 0.03A (0.15W)
  • Idle Connected - 0.06A (0.3W)
  • Load 2.4GHz iperf RX - 0.08A (0.4W)
  • Load 2.4GHz iperf TX - 0.18A (0.9W)

40MHz

  • Idle Not Connected - A (W)
  • Idle Scanning - A (W)
  • Idle Connected - A (W)
  • Load 2.4GHz iperf RX - A (W)
  • Load 2.4GHz iperf TX - A (W)
2

Installed this today and it worked right out of the box. I had tried another and the OS would not recognize it. Very inexpensive. Great find.

3
  1. Make sure your USB port voltage does not exceed 5.5V. Some users reported it not working and switching power supplies made it work.
  2. What is the other OS?