SWRU626 December 2025 CC3501E , CC3551E
Power and clock management is flexible to facilitate low-power applications. The following sections describe details for clock and power control. The features in this chapter are embedded and optimized in TI's Power Manager. Please see the SDK documentation for more details.
Low-power consumption and cycling time for a power saving mode has an inverse relationship. The power-saving mode with the lowest power consumption requires the longest time from initiation until that power-saving models enabled, as well as wake-up time back to active mode. Table 7-1 table summarizes the power saving features (VD = Voltage Domain, PD = Power Domain).
The Host M33 can control the device modes to optimize the power consumption. The Host M33 can be either be clock gated (idle) or enter sleep where the Host domain is disabled. The WiFi-BLE domain can be enabled or disabled by Host M33, however WiFi-BLE enter low power mode is managed by the WiFi-BLE and transparent to the host. The following table describes the device power modes:
| Mode | Host MCU M33 Domain | Wireless Subsystem Domain | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shutdown | OFF | OFF | Supplies are connected to the device but device is in reset |
| Host M33 Sleep | Sleep | OFF |
Device is in low power mode (RTC+ Memory Retention) Digital & SRAM KA internal supplies are ON. Memories are in retention. All switchable power domains are OFF (Core/AAOD) WiFi-BLE domain is OFF with no memory retention. |
| Sleep | Sleep |
Device is in low power mode (RTC+ Memory Retention) Digital & SRAM KA internal supplies are ON. Memories are in retention. All switchable power domains are OFF (Core/AAOD) WiFi-BLE domain is sleep with memory retention. |
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| Sleep | Active |
The system is in idle mode - all supplies and clocks are enabled. In this mode the CPU clock is gated while the peripherals or BLE-WiFi Core could be active |
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| Host M33 Idle | Idle | OFF |
The system is in active mode - all supplies and clocks are enabled. In this mode the host domain is enabled and initialized including the peripherals however the Host M33 clock is gated. The WiFi-BLE core is OFF. |
| Idle | Sleep |
The system is in active mode - all supplies and clocks are enabled. In this mode the Host MCU domain is enabled and initialized including the peripherals however the Host M33 clock is gated. The WiFi-BLE is in sleep mode. |
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| Idle | Active |
The system is in active mode - all supplies and clocks are enabled. In this mode the Host MCU domain is enabled and initialized including the peripherals however the Host M33 clock is gated. The WiFi-BLE is active. |
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| Host M33 Active | Active | OFF |
The system is in active mode - all supplies and clocks are enabled. In this mode the Host M33 is active while the Wi-Fi BLE is OFF |
| Active | Sleep |
The system is in active mode - all supplies and clocks are enabled. In this mode the Host M33 is active while the Wi-Fi BLE is in sleep |
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| Active | Active |
The system is in active mode - all supplies and clocks are enabled. In this mode both the Host M33 and WiFi-BLE are active. |