Sleep mode for bmp280



  • Hello,

    I try to build a battery powered temperature sensor but I only found one sensor who works with low power under 2 volt. This is the bmp280 from bosch. But in i2c mode he need a power from 0,6mA so my battery life are only 2 month. Now the library from adafruit runs the sensor in normal mode and so I insert two new functions in the library:

    void Adafruit_BMP280::sleep() {
    write8(BMP280_REGISTER_CONTROL, 0x3C);
    }

    void Adafruit_BMP280::wakeup() {
    write8(BMP280_REGISTER_CONTROL, 0x3F);
    }

    The first one write 00 to the first bits in the data register - the sleep mode.
    The wakeup function rewrite the first bits with 11 - the normal mode.

    void loop() {
    ...
    ...

    Temp = bmp.readTemperature();
    Press = bmp.readPressure() / 100.0;
    Altit = bmp.readAltitude(1013.25);

    bmp.sleep();

    sleep(30000);

    bmp.wakeup();
    }

    Now the sketch needs only 0,2µA in the sleep mode - it is much more better than 0,6mA.

    Best regards

    Elmar


  • Mod

    If you don't want to deal with low voltages, you could get some LiFePO4 batteries that run at 3.3V


  • Hardware Contributor

    Another hack is to power it from a mcu digital pin and set the pin high/low.


  • Mod

    @sundberg84 if it is really 0,2µA it is actually astonishing already



  • Oh no it is 2µA😰


  • Mod

    it is still better then the 5-6 uA I get from mine



  • Just wanted to say thanks for this, it is still relevant and useful six years later !


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