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I am trying to use the Adafruit TSL2561 light sensor to try out the I2C example code and am not getting a change in the sensor output. I think this is because of a difference in how this sensor works over the one used in the demo. However, this is approaching the limit of knowledge. Would someone give me a nudge in a direction on where to look next? I think I am close, I am just not sure what exactly needs to be tweaked.

This is the output I am seeing in from the terminal. It just loops this over and over.

*******************
TASK[0] MASTER WRITE TO SLAVE
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----TASK[0] Master write ----
0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
5a 5b 5c 5d 5e 5f 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
7a 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
8a
----TASK[0] Slave read: [129] bytes ----
0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
5a 5b 5c 5d 5e 5f 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
7a 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
8a
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TASK[0] MASTER READ SENSOR( BH1750 )
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data_h: 09
data_l: 02
sensor val: 1921.666667
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TASK[1] MASTER WRITE TO SLAVE
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----TASK[1] Master write ----
0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
5a 5b 5c 5d 5e 5f 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
7a 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
8a
----TASK[1] Slave read: [129] bytes ----
0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
5a 5b 5c 5d 5e 5f 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
7a 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
8a
*******************
TASK[0] MASTER READ FROM SLAVE
*******************
====TASK[0] Slave buffer data ====
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f
40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f
50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5a 5b 5c 5d 5e 5f
60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f
70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7a 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f
80
====TASK[0] Master read ====
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f
40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f
50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5a 5b 5c 5d 5e 5f
60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f
70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7a 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f
80
*******************
TASK[0] MASTER WRITE TO SLAVE
*******************
----TASK[0] Master write ----
0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
5a 5b 5c 5d 5e 5f 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
7a 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
8a
----TASK[0] Slave read: [129] bytes ----
0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
5a 5b 5c 5d 5e 5f 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
7a 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
8a

lanegg wrote:I am trying to use the Adafruit TSL2561 light sensor to try out the I2C example code and am not getting a change in the sensor output. I think this is because of a difference in how this sensor works over the one used in the demo.

Hi lanegg,

Yes, you're correct this is because the sensors are different. If you look at the BH1750FVI datasheet and the TSL2561, you will see that both the I2C slave addresses used by each two sensor type and also the specific I2C data that is read/written to control and read the sensors are different. So the code will require substantial re-writing to work with this sensor.

If you're new to programming for the I2C bus, you may want to start out with the Arduino environment and move to esp-idf once you've gotten more familiar with the concepts involved. Adafruit supply an Arduino library for the TSL2561 which should work in ESP-IDF Arduino.

Angus

both the I2C slave addresses used by each two sensor type and also the specific I2C data that is read/written to control and read the sensors are different. So the code will require substantial re-writing to work with this sensor.

That's the nudge I was looking for. I was looking for validation that my assumption was correct.

If you're new to programming for the I2C bus

New to C and I2C but not new to programming.