[PCA10028/NRF51] - does the I2C work in 1.11?

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[PCA10028/NRF51] - does the I2C work in 1.11?

Post by bgolab » Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:27 pm

Hi,
Has anyone tested the I2C on nrf51 running MicroPython 1.11?
Tested both:
i2c=I2C(-1, scl=Pin(1), sda=Pin(0))
i2c.scan()
[]
and
i2c=I2C(0, scl=Pin(1), sda=Pin(0))
i2c.scan()
[9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119]

The I2C is working on STM32 board.
The pull up resistors are fine.

Bogdan

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Re: [PCA10028/NRF51] - does the I2C work in 1.11?

Post by bgolab » Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:30 pm

Just flashed pyboard with 1.11 and I2C works with the same I2C module:
>>> from machine import I2C, Pin
>>> i2c=I2C(1)
>>> i2c.scan()
[60, 76]

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Re: [PCA10028/NRF51] - does the I2C work in 1.11?

Post by bgolab » Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:50 pm

Problem solved!
- I looks like the scan shows too many addresses - whereas the pyboards does it right - see the previous post.
- only option '0' works fine; the '-1' shows nothing if it comes to scanning

>>> MicroPython v1.11-611-g7f24c2977-dirty on 2019-12-02; PCA10028 with NRF51822
Type "help()" for more information.
>>> from machine import I2C, Pin
>>> i2c=I2C(0, scl=4, sda=3)
>>> i2c.scan()
[9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118]
>>> import ssd1306
>>> oled=ssd1306.SSD1306_I2C(128,32,i2c,60)
>>> oled.text('ala', 1, 1, 1)
>>> oled.show()
>>>

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Re: [PCA10028/NRF51] - does the I2C work in 1.11?

Post by pythoncoder » Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:40 am

If software I2C (-1 arg) isn't working on that port perhaps you should raise an issue. I'm puzzled by the number of addresses returned by your scan. Why so many when the Pyboard returns only two?
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Re: [PCA10028/NRF51] - does the I2C work in 1.11?

Post by bgolab » Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:46 am

Yes, it's weird.

I am mostly C developer for STM32 boards. And always implement a scan capability - these modules (OLED, FRAM) worked wine with my software.

Started playing with MicroPython on nrf51 and came across this strange issue (the scan behavior).
Then switched for a test to pyboard as this board seems to be matured.

It looks like both modules have proper pull ups (I looked at PCB without measuring the resistance + my C programs wok reliably + MicroPython and OLED module work fine).

It looks like a timing issue only for the I2C scan.

I cave a logic analyser (Saleae) to theoretically I could look at the I2C timing & response but in this week.

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