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= I2C =
= I2C =
== Config ==
Enable I2C support by configuring the interface with <syntaxhighlight lang="bash" inline>raspi-config</syntaxhighlight> and do a reboot to load the kernel drivers.


Enable I2C support by configuring the interface with <syntaxhighlight lang="bash" inline>raspi-config</syntaxhighlight>.
Check if the kernel drivers were loaded at startup:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
lsmod | grep i2c
</syntaxhighlight>


Then, install the following packages:
For a Raspi 3B the result should look something like this:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
i2c_bcm2835            16384  0
i2c_dev                20480  0
</syntaxhighlight>
 
== CMD Line Tools ==
Then, install the following packages to do some basic i2c tinkering:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
sudo aptitude -y install i2c-tools
</syntaxhighlight>
 
The i2cdetect tool can be used to search the bus for nodes. But Obacht, not all nodes are detected this way.
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
sudo i2cdetect -y 1
</syntaxhighlight>
 
== Snake charming: Python programming ==
Then, install the following package(s) for i2c support in python:
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
sudo aptitude -y install python3-smbus
</syntaxhighlight>
or smbus2 for some extended features:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
sudo aptitude install i2c-tools
sudo pip3 install smbus2
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>

Latest revision as of 14:14, 5 November 2021

I2C

Config

Enable I2C support by configuring the interface with raspi-config and do a reboot to load the kernel drivers.

Check if the kernel drivers were loaded at startup:

lsmod | grep i2c

For a Raspi 3B the result should look something like this:

i2c_bcm2835            16384  0
i2c_dev                20480  0

CMD Line Tools

Then, install the following packages to do some basic i2c tinkering:

sudo aptitude -y install i2c-tools

The i2cdetect tool can be used to search the bus for nodes. But Obacht, not all nodes are detected this way.

sudo i2cdetect -y 1

Snake charming: Python programming

Then, install the following package(s) for i2c support in python:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-smbus

or smbus2 for some extended features:

sudo pip3 install smbus2