lopy4 wakeup on change

[kjm]

I'm trying to figure how to wakeup a lopy4 when a float switch changes (either off-to-on or on-to-off).

import machine, time; from machine import Pin
switch=Pin('P23', Pin.IN, Pin.PULL_UP)
print ('switch', switch(), 'deepsleep')                               #read switch eg 0=on
machine.pin_sleep_wakeup(pins=['P23'],mode=not switch(),enable_pull=1)#wakeup when switch changes eg 1=off
machine.deepsleep()

works but feels clunky & if the switch changes state between the last line & the second last line it won't wakeup. Is there a way to detect a change other than specifying the change you expect before hand?

[jcaron]

@kjm that’s a limitation of the ESP32 itself. There are two ways to wake up from deep sleep on pin state changes, and both require you to specify the target level.

See https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/api-reference/system/sleep_modes.html for details.

There may be alternatives using the ULP co-processor, haven’t checked if that would actually be possible.