M5.shutdown(x) does not last x seconds

aafortinet

I would like my M5 Core Ink to shutdown (to save battery), then automatically wake up after a given amount of seconds and resume its activity.
For that, I use M5.shutdown(x) where x is the amount of seconds. To my understanding, that's typically what shutdown does.

It is not working! For example, I specify 60 seconds as argument to M5.shutdown(), the program's loop() is still called every ~5 seconds!
Strange: the eInk display is not refreshed... (at all).

Precisely, my loop code

Gets the RTC time
Displays it (both Serial and eInk)
Calls M5.shutdown(60)

The serial monitor shows that loop is called every ~6-7 seconds. Strange, the eInk screen is not refreshed and displays only the first RTC time.

RTC Time 14:07:35
Shutting down for 60 seconds
RTC Time 14:07:41
Shutting down for 60 seconds

Code

#define DELAY_SECONDS 60

void loop() {
  // Get RTC time
  RTC_TimeTypeDef rtcTime;
  M5.rtc.GetTime(&rtcTime);
  
  // Display time
  sprintf(buf, "%02d:%02d:%02d", rtcTime.Hours, rtcTime.Minutes, rtcTime.Seconds);
  InkPageSprite.drawString(10,50,buf);
  InkPageSprite.pushSprite();
  Serial.printf("RTC Time %02d:%02d:%02d\n", rtcTime.Hours, rtcTime.Minutes, rtcTime.Seconds);

  // Sleep
  delay(100);
  Serial.printf("Shutting down for %d seconds\n", DELAY_SECONDS);
  M5.shutdown(DELAY_SECONDS);
}

I tried M5.shutdown(60000), same result. I also tried supplying a rtcTime to shutdown, but it didn't change anything either.

The creation of the sprite is in setup:

void setup() {

  M5.begin(); //Init CoreInk.  
  if( !M5.M5Ink.isInit()) //Init CoreInk screen.
  {
    Serial.printf("[-] M5Ink init failed");  
    while (1) delay(100);
  }

  M5.M5Ink.clear();   // Clear screen. 
  Serial.printf("[+] Clearing eInk screen\n"); 
  delay(1000);

  if( InkPageSprite.creatSprite(0,0,200,200,true) != 0 ){
    Serial.printf("[-] Ink Sprite create failed\n");
  }

  // set RTC time
  RTC_TimeTypeDef rtcTime;
  rtcTime.Hours = 14;
  rtcTime.Minutes = 6;
  rtcTime.Seconds = 0;
  M5.rtc.SetTime(&rtcTime);
  
  Serial.printf("[+] Setup success\n");
}

felmue

Hello @aafortinet

the shutdown functionality only works when M5CoreInk is running from battery.

Thanks
Felix

aafortinet

@felmue said in M5.shutdown(x) does not last x seconds:

the shutdown functionality only works when M5CoreInk is running from battery.

ah haaaaaaaa! ok! Thanks for the remark! Indeed. And now it works (when from battery).

And if somebody wonders, it might be useful to note in the doc that shutdown() actually has the M5 run again the setup() code (it makes sense, as it is "shut-down" but worth mentioning because it changes the way to implement things).