Using a dual-function pin

[MicroController]

If the period is comparable to the freertos tick ( 10 mS ), refuse to use the interrupt at all. The sensor is guaranteed to have time to take measurements.

AFAICT, they recommend to synchronize reads with /INT because otherwise the sensor may update values mid-read, resulting in incorrect readings.

[ok-home]

AFAICT, they recommend to synchronize reads with /INT because otherwise the sensor may update values mid-read, resulting in incorrect readings.

perfectly acceptable

In the simplest case, periodic read-out of I2C causes a re-run of a new measurement cycle. It only needs to be
ensured that the read-out time is larger than the time for the I2C read frame plus the sensor conversion time.

https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infineon- ... 5721903ddd

and if there is a need to connect several sensors on 1 bus I don't see an option to use INT
for one sensor the task can be solved in both polling mode and interrupt mode - depending on what sensor polling speed is needed.