Sensirion SCD4x Operating Modes

[TataGEEK]

Describe the problem you have/What new integration you would like

SCDx sensors have three operating modes that affect, above all, your consumption.

• Periodic measurement mode updated measurement with CO2 concentration, temperature and humidity every 5 seconds. In this mode, the average consumption of the sensor powered at 3.3V is between 15 (typical) and 18mA (maximum), according to the datasheet.
• Low consumption periodic measurement mode has a update period of approximately 30 seconds. The average consumption is 3.2mA in the datasheet.
• Single measurement mode (SCD41 only) By reading every 5 minutes would be the average consumption between 0.45mA (typical) and 0.5mA (maximum), according to the datasheet.

ESPHome currently supports only the first Periodic measurement mode. This means that using ESPHome and SCD41 in devices with batteries is not a very economical solution.

Please describe your use case for this integration and alternatives you've tried:

• I tried deep_sleep, but it only puts the board to sleep and has no effect on SCD4x.
• I've tried changing the update_interval, but it also has no effect on power consumption.

Additional context

ESPHome.io - Components - scd4x GitHub repo - SCD4x Sensirion SCD4x Datasheet

[dannyyy]

I'm getting my SCD41 soon and the Single Measurement Mode sounds quite interessting. If it could be combined with deep sleep would be awesome.