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skartalov
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Cannot interface with i2c device

Post by skartalov » Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:55 am

Hi,

i've been trying this for a few days already- no success.

I am trying to connect to TCS34725 color sensor via i2c, but seems like no any connection.

When I try to read from address it always return 255.

Here it is my code:
Device = 18F26k20
Clock = 64
Config FOSC = INTIO67


#option I2C_SCL = PORTB.4
#option I2C_SDA = PORTB.5

Dim I2C_EEPROM As Byte


Include "si2c.bas"


Public Sub i2cwrite (paddress As byte, pdata As Byte)
SI2C.Start
SI2C.WriteByte(I2C_EEPROM)
SI2C.WriteByte(paddress)
SI2C.WriteByte(pdata)
SI2C.Stop
DelayMS(10)
End Sub

Public Function i2cread (pAddress As byte) As Byte
SI2C.Start
SI2C.WriteByte(I2C_EEPROM)
SI2C.WriteByte(paddress)
SI2C.Restart
SI2C.WriteByte(I2C_EEPROM + 1)
Result = SI2C.ReadByte
SI2C.Acknowledge(I2C_NOT_ACKNOWLEDGE)
SI2C.Stop
End Function


Sub test()
I2C_EEPROM = $29
I2CWrite(0,1)
delayms(20)
I2CWrite(0, %00011011)

While true
temp=i2cread($12)
GLCD.WriteAt(0,0,DecToStr(temp)+" ")
DelayMS (100)
End While
End Sub


main:

test()
End
So what I am doing wrong? I have also 24LC256 EEPROM on the same i2c bus, and it works OK.
Attached is the datasheet of the color sensor.
https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/datasheets/TCS34725.pdf

Please help!

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Re: Cannot interface with i2c device

Post by Jerry Messina » Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:53 am

I think the $29 address is in 7-bit format so it would need to be shifted left one bit.
Since you say the EEPROM works I'll assume you have all the pins & hardware setup ok.

Try something like this and see what happens:

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sub check_addr(addr as byte)
	dim DEVICE_PRESENT_LED as PORTA.0	' LED or something
	
	' send address and see if device acks
	SI2C.Start
	SI2C.WriteByte(addr)
	SI2C.Stop
	
	if (SI2C.NotAcknowledged = true) then
		low(DEVICE_PRESENT_LED)		' addr did not ack... led off
	else
		high(DEVICE_PRESENT_LED)	' addr acked... device detected, led on
	endif		
end sub


Sub test()
I2C_EEPROM = $29 << 1	' TCS34725 7-bit address
check_addr(I2C_EEPROM)
end sub


skartalov
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Re: Cannot interface with i2c device

Post by skartalov » Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:00 pm

I shifted the address, but still no success.

I wonder if I initialize the sensor correctly!

Would you mind take a quick look at the documentation, as on power on the sensor is in sleep state, and needs to be wake up first.

Thanks!

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Re: Cannot interface with i2c device

Post by Jerry Messina » Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:53 pm

If you get an ack in the above check_addr() example then it's using the 7-bit address format (which matches what the arduino code uses).

If that works then the first thing the arduino code does is a read from reg $92 (COMMAND_BIT ($80) + ID ($12) = $92) and check to see if the result is $44

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Re: Cannot interface with i2c device

Post by skartalov » Fri Feb 01, 2019 4:18 pm

I dont have subroutine: check_addr()

OK, what means COMMAND_BIT($80)?

should I understand that I have to send two command bytes ($80 and $12) in order to read from register (address $12)?

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Re: Cannot interface with i2c device

Post by Jerry Messina » Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:43 pm

I dont have subroutine: check_addr()
You will if you add one similar to what I showed.

Have you verified that you can actually talk to the chip? That's the purpose of check_addr().
If the chip doesn't ACK its address then there's no reason to continue... something is wrong.
OK, what means COMMAND_BIT($80)?
should I understand that I have to send two command bytes ($80 and $12) in order to read from register (address $12)?
Not two bytes, just one. It seems that to generate the Command Code you need to OR the register addr $12 with $80 (setting the COMMAND_BIT, bit 7). That's how the arduino code does it.

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Re: Cannot interface with i2c device

Post by skartalov » Sat Feb 02, 2019 2:21 pm

OK, I got it running! Thanks for your help!

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