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==Introduction==
==Measuring power consumption==
[[AxelEVB-Lite|AxelEVB]] integrates a chip (Texas Instruments INA226) that allows to measure the power consumption of the Axel SOM. Following are the instructions to perform basic measurements (tested with the Linux kernel released with [[Axel_Embedded_Linux_Kit_(XELK) |XELK 2.3.0]]).
SOM power consumption measurements are available to be read from userspace via <code>sysfs</code> entries. Following are the entries for: