sorry about that. No, they have nothing in common, it was merely a comparison meant to highlight that I am aiming for the shortest conversion times possible.
Taking 1480 samples for a readout takes a few hundreds miliseconds. I need to have an accurate reading within less than 50ms ideally. I asked wether a small capacitor would smooth the readings up to a point that an accurate current usage value can be generated by 10 samples instead of 1480 and thus shortening the awake stage.
And considering that the sensor uses about 8mA while awake and only about 60µA when sleeping, I do want to keep the reading time to a minimum. That does have a great impact on the battery life.
You may already be familiar with this article:
https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/309
And if not, you may already know most of stuff there, but it’s a great resource for beginners starting to tackle with the battery powered sensor nodes.