Something as simple as interrupting can signal and create power people with power interrupt, those without get interrupted.

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Electronic countermeasures of sufficient power output to damage or interrupt satellite functions.

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Do not interrupt the process by intterrupting power source.

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The RTC can either wake the entire board or trigger an interrupt at set intervals, which makes the board very power efficient when used in the field.

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