Sleep with radio disabled

esp8266 sleep wakeup radio

Sleep to wakeup without radio with ESP.deepSleep(5000000, WAKE_RF_DISABLED);, but on wakeup start the radio manually WiFi.forceSleepWake() after satisfying some conditions. This is done to save more battery as using the radio is expensive.

Code

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#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>

// Edit "secret" ssid and password below
const char* ssid = "secret";
const char* password = "secret";
int count = 0;

void setup() {
  disableWiFi();

  pinMode(2, OUTPUT);  // GPIO02 on ESP-12 module is linked to on-board LED
  Serial.begin(115200);
  delay(10);

  wakeupWiFiModem();
  connectToWiFi();
}

void loop() {
  if (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED) {
    blink(5);
  }

  sleepAndWakeupWithRadioDisabled();
}

void disableWiFi() {
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_OFF);

  WiFi.forceSleepBegin();
  delay(1);

  return;
}

void wakeupWiFiModem() {
  WiFi.forceSleepWake();  // wakeup WiFi modem
  delay(1);

  WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);

  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);

  return;
}

void connectToWiFi() {
  Serial.println();
  Serial.print("Connecting to ");
  Serial.println(ssid);

  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    count++;
    Serial.print(".");

    if (count > 20) {
      Serial.println("WiFi connection failed");
      break;
    }
  }

  if (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED) {
    Serial.print("WiFi connected. IP address: ");
    Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
  }
}

void blink(int count) {
  for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
    Serial.println("BLINK");
    digitalWrite(2, HIGH);
    delay(1000);
    digitalWrite(2, LOW);
    delay(1000);
  }
}

void sleepAndWakeupWithRadioDisabled() {
  Serial.println("Deep sleeping for 5 seconds...");
  Serial.println("Wakeup without WiFi next time");

  WiFi.disconnect(true);
  delay(1);
  ESP.deepSleep(5000000, WAKE_RF_DISABLED);  // radio disabled after wakeup
}

Makefile

.PHONY: lint compile upload clean

lint:
	cpplint --extensions=ino --filter=-legal/copyright,-readability/todo *.ino

compile:
	arduino-cli compile --fqbn esp8266com:esp8266:d1_mini ./

upload: compile
	arduino-cli upload -p /dev/cu.wchusbserial1410 --fqbn esp8266com:esp8266:d1_mini ./

clean:
	rm -f .*.bin
	rm -f .*.elf

flash: lint compile upload clean