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Conclusion

The STM8TL5xxx devices offer many possibilities for developing low consumption

applications. The user can take advantage of various low power modes like Wait, Active-halt

or Halt modes. He can also reduce consumption by switching off peripherals when they are

not used. Another option for reducing consumption is to optimize the ratio between Run and

Halt modes due to the good performance of the CPU itself.

The ProxSense can be used in Wait or Active-halt modes where its consumption depends

mainly on the acquisition duration and on the number of enabled receivers.

The most important principles of low power mode management are described in this

application note, including hints on how and when to use it.