U10 Family Product Manual, Rev. A 9
1.7.1.1 Typical current profile
Figure 1. Typical startup and operation current profile
Power Mode Typical Watts
RMS
Typical Amps RMS
5V 12V
Spinup 0.65 1.5
Seeking (Random,
no read/write) 7.0 0.4 0.42
Operating (read/write) 6.5 0.46 0.350
Idle 3.5 0.28 0.170
Standby/Sleep 0.8 0.123 0.015
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
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Current (amps)
Time (seconds)