1 Tech Note 097 - LOLIN D32 Board Overview
Dave Bird's Tech Note 097 compares ESP32 boards on deep sleep current and is cited when choosing a board for battery power or bypassing its regulator.
Topic
power consumption
4 videos. Ranked by independent recommendations, not by views.
2 #159 Big ESP32 Boards Review and Test
Pointed to for measured ESP32 sleep currents, especially the finding that dev boards draw far more than bare modules, which matters for battery projects.
3 #91 How to properly power the ESP8266 modules
Andreas Spiess works through powering an ESP8266 from a battery, covering the calculations involved, oscilloscope traces and adding a capacitor across the supply pins.
4 HOW TO USE WS2812B NEOPIXELS WITH FASTLED ON ARDUINO
A generally well-regarded LED strip tutorial for newcomers, also valued for showing how to measure real power draw with a multimeter.
