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How much power does it use? In documents I read:

Standby (No radios): 13 mW Standby (Bluetooth 4.0): 21.5 mW (BTLE in Q4-14) Standby (Wi-Fi): 35 mW

It this turned ON and waiting on standby? Or is this turned OFF standby? And how much does it use when CPU is working?

That's almost certainly standby as in turned off, given the figures I've seen for previous Intel IoT boards with much lower end chips than this one.

I've looked around at all their docs and still can't find this number. Almost like they are hiding from something... I wouldn't imagine a full Atom can get anywhere close to running off a standard USB port 500 mA, like the Beaglebone Black or RPi.

Seems weird that they wouldn't at least drop it somewhere. Kinda important if you have to make a carrier board for it.

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