Power down mode for Raspberry Pi 3

[Arunelxsi]

Hi,
Does RPi - 3 board support any power down/sleep/low power modes. If yes, what will be the power/current consumption during such modes. Any wake up events can be configured in the software/ hardware level?

Thanks.

[mthomason]

Unless it's undocumented, or I simply missed it, then no. The best way I've found so far is to use an external microprocessor (grab a £2 Chinese Arduino Nano clone) to turn the Pi's power on and off, and rig up a pin or two for sending status back and forth ("I've finished booting" "I'm shutting down now")

[DougieLawson]

Does RPi - 3 board support any power down/sleep/low power modes.

There are none that are supported by the hardware.

Buy a WittyPi.
http://www.uugear.com/witty-pi-realtime ... pberry-pi/
That's a ready built alternative to Mr T's $2 arduino.