DFRobot Lightning Distance Sensor AS3935/SEN0290 will not be found

[moonilightshaker]

The problem

Hello,
the AS3935 from DFRobot Link not be found under ESPHome.
On the same board with ESPEasy and Tasmota this sensor is found with an I2C scan. On Tasmota the sensor works fine.

Board: ESP32DEV
Interface: I2C

Which version of ESPHome has the issue?

v2022.3.0

What type of installation are you using?

Home Assistant Add-on

Which version of Home Assistant has the issue?

2021.12.1

What platform are you using?

ESP32

Board

DEV

Component causing the issue

I2C

Example YAML snippet

i2c:
  sda: 21
  scl: 22
  scan: true

# Example configuration for I²C (decide for one!)
as3935_i2c:
  address: 0x3
  irq_pin: 14
  indoor: false
# Example shared configuration
sensor:
  - platform: as3935
    lightning_energy:
      name: "Lightning Energy"
    distance:
      name: "Distance Storm"
binary_sensor:
  - platform: as3935
    name: "Storm Alert"

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

NO

Additional information

No response

[rb2k]

I have a similar problem. Same hardware. Can't get it to 'register'.
Slightly different for me: I even have issues in tasmota: arendst/Tasmota#8130 (comment)

[rb2k]

Some news over in arendst/Tasmota#16263 (comment).

Somehow the DFRobot seems to answer a bit differently.

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