PinePhone sensors - Gyroscope power
11-27-2025, 03:28 PM
So I got the proximity / light sensor working in my Zig OS 
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 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?
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
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?
