I noticed in the documentation for the HX711 chip that it has a powerdown mode that is activated when SCK goes HIGH for at least 60 microseconds, but I don’t see this mentioned anywhere in Sparkfun’s documentation for the loadcell amplifier breakout board. In theory, it looks like I should be able to set CLK to HIGH, and have the HX711 power down when I don’t need it in order to save power. Has anyone tried this? Am I overlooking something important for why I wouldn’t want to do this?
Update: I should have checked the hx711 library documentation, duh. There is a power_down() function built in, happily!