PinePhone sensors - Gyroscope power
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So I got the proximity / light sensor working in my Zig OS Smile  Although the sensor seems to be always powered on, which kinda makes sense, but I somehow expected a GPIO pin for switching it off.  

Now I am looking at the gyroscope, wow it looks complicated Smile and I am kinda glad to see the secondary I2C fusion? lines are not connected.

But here again it seems to be always powered on? (based on schematic), and I recall from my early iOS days, that gyroscopes can waste some power when always on.  Did I miss something?
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The PinePhone hardware is not optimized for power consumption at all. I guess the gyroscope is the least of your worries there.
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