Add an option to switch off WiFi completely about wifi101 HOT 6 CLOSED

Hi @jhnet,

I've created pull request #100 do this, please try it out, and provide your feedback.

With it WiFi.end() should have the behaviour you expect.

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Closed via #100.

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Hi @sandeepmistry ,

sorry for the late reply, I had no time to test that until now. The problem is, that the power consumption does not fall after using WiFi.end(). I used this small test sketch:

#include <SPI.h>
#include <WiFi101.h>

char ssid[] = "ssid";     //  your network SSID (name)
char pass[] = "pass";  // your network password
int status = WL_IDLE_STATUS;     // the Wifi radio's status

void setup() {
  //Initialize serial and wait for port to open:
  Serial.begin(115200);
  while (!Serial) {
    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB port only
  }
}
int incoming = 0;
void loop() {
  if (Serial.available() > 0) {
    incoming = Serial.read();
    if (incoming == '1') {
      Serial.println("WLAN ON");
      status = WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);
      delay(10000);
      Serial.println(status);
      Serial.flush();
    }
    else if (incoming == '0') {
      Serial.println("WLAN OFF");
      WiFi.end();
      delay(10000);
      status = WiFi.status();
      Serial.println(status);
      Serial.flush();
    }
  }
}

After reset the MKR1000 draws about 10-12mA. When I enable the WiFi by sending a 1 it goes up to ~95-100mA. Disabling the WiFi by sending a 0 lower the power consumption a bit, but only down to ~60mA.

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@jhnet can you try the version of the code from Github master, I believe it fixes this issue.

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Hey, I just did a quick test with the same sketch as above. Power consumption drops down to ~12mA for a short while. After a few seconds (around 10s) it rises again and stays at ~27-30mA until you switch WiFi On and Off again.

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@jhnet can you please try are removing the call to status = WiFi.status(); in the sketch?

Calling this will actually re-initialize the WINC1500.

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