Reset I2C

[gregstewart90]

I'm working on a project using MCP23017's which are port expanders using the i2c protocol. Occasionally, the chips start returning the wrong readings. I use relays in my design, which I imagine is causing the problem. I hooked it up to a login analizer and got the following result.

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Right now, when I detect a problem, I reset the esp32 with esp_restart(). This always fixes the issue. Is there a way to correct this without a reset? Is there some way to reset the i2c bus?

Thanks!

[kolban]

Howdy there @gregstewart90,
Without more context, the I2C trace doesn't look "wrong".
What you seem to be showing is a clock rate at the top signal and a data trace at the bottom signal. It also looks like you are using the Saleae software for examining the trace. It has an I2C mode where you can ask it to decode the protocol into I2C values. Are these parsing correctly. My arithmetic may be off, but I think I'm seeing 8 clock pulses before repetition.

[gregstewart90]

That top is the clock. It is unable to parse the signal. The small segment I showed in the first picture repeats continuously. When it works normally, I only see it poll the mcp's a few times a second.

[novalight]

I think several people have noticed such problems but so far I could not find any solution rather than just reset the ESP32.

Also see:
- https://esp32.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2 ... i2c#p10265
- https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/680
- https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/issues/349

Maybe someone at espressif can shed some light on what is happening here.

[rudi ;-)]

That top is the clock. It is unable to parse the signal. The small segment I showed in the first picture repeats continuously. When it works normally, I only see it poll the mcp's a few times a second.

ok
we see the clk
we see the data

we see no start condition
we see no stop condition

can you post please the CS ( /CE or RST ) pin too?

or how you interference you the device you want to poll?




thank you

best wishes
rudi

[gregstewart90]

With this being i2c, I only have the SCL and SDA lines. What is the CS ( /CE or RST ) pin?

[rudi ;-)]

With this being i2c, I only have the SCL and SDA lines. What is the CS ( /CE or RST ) pin?

if you speak from MCP
there is a CE to select the device

or my second question was:

or how you interference you the device you want to poll?

means then if you talk by address example.

how you set the 3 pins of MCP
A0
A1
A2

btw:
CE = Chip enable
CS = Chip select
RST = Reset

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[chegewara]

Hi, im also trying to make mcp23017 to work and those are my findings. During reading there are clock speed drops about 33%. In my test case from 100kHz to about 65kHz and from 200kHz to about 129kHz.

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I have to say i dont have any issues with mpu6050 on the same i2c line.

[gregstewart90]

I haven't checked for the slowing clock speed, but I got mine to work with the following code. It's nothing perfect, but I don't miss anything. Occasionally I still get stuck on the i2c line, but I just monitor that and reset as necessary.

Code: Select all

void initI2C() {
	i2c_config_t conf;
	conf.mode = I2C_MODE_MASTER;
	conf.sda_io_num = I2C_SDA;
	conf.scl_io_num = I2C_SCL;
	conf.sda_pullup_en = GPIO_PULLUP_ENABLE;
	conf.scl_pullup_en = GPIO_PULLUP_ENABLE;
	conf.master.clk_speed = 100000;
	ESP_ERROR_CHECK(i2c_param_config(I2C_NUM_1, &conf));
	ESP_ERROR_CHECK(i2c_driver_install(I2C_NUM_1, I2C_MODE_MASTER, 0, 0, 0));
}

/**
 * @brief Reads a register of a specified MCP32017
 */
void mcp23017_local_read(uint8_t MCP23017_ADDRESS, uint8_t* data_h){

	i2c_cmd_handler = i2c_cmd_link_create();
	i2c_master_start(i2c_cmd_handler);
	i2c_master_write_byte(i2c_cmd_handler, MCP23017_ADDRESS << 1 | READ_BIT, ACK_CHECK_EN);
	i2c_master_read_byte(i2c_cmd_handler, data_h, NACK_VAL);
	i2c_master_stop(i2c_cmd_handler);
	int ret = i2c_master_cmd_begin(I2C_NUM_1, i2c_cmd_handler, 100 / portTICK_RATE_MS);
//	printf("ret:%d-%d\n", ret, ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT);
	i2c_cmd_link_delete(i2c_cmd_handler);
	if (ret != 0) {
		send_dump_write();
		printf("ERROR\n");
	}
}

/**
 * @brief Write a value to a register of a specified MCP32017
 */
void mcp23017_local_write(uint8_t MCP23017_ADDRESS, uint8_t command){

	vTaskDelay(30 / portTICK_RATE_MS);
	i2c_cmd_handler = i2c_cmd_link_create();
	i2c_master_start(i2c_cmd_handler);
	i2c_master_write_byte(i2c_cmd_handler, MCP23017_ADDRESS << 1 | WRITE_BIT, ACK_CHECK_EN);
	i2c_master_write_byte(i2c_cmd_handler, command, ACK_CHECK_EN);// Access IODIRB
	i2c_master_stop(i2c_cmd_handler);
	int ret = i2c_master_cmd_begin(I2C_NUM_1, i2c_cmd_handler, 100 / portTICK_RATE_MS);
	i2c_cmd_link_delete(i2c_cmd_handler);
	if (ret == ESP_FAIL) {
		printf("ERROR\n");
	}
}

/**
 * @brief Writes two values to a register of a specified MCP32017
 */
void mcp23017_duel_write(uint8_t MCP23017_ADDRESS, uint8_t command, uint8_t command2){

	i2c_cmd_handler = i2c_cmd_link_create();
	i2c_master_start(i2c_cmd_handler);
	i2c_master_write_byte(i2c_cmd_handler, MCP23017_ADDRESS << 1 | WRITE_BIT, ACK_CHECK_EN);
	i2c_master_write_byte(i2c_cmd_handler, command, ACK_CHECK_EN);// Access IODIRB
	i2c_master_write_byte(i2c_cmd_handler, command2, ACK_CHECK_EN);// Write Register
	i2c_master_stop(i2c_cmd_handler);
	int ret = i2c_master_cmd_begin(I2C_NUM_1, i2c_cmd_handler, 100 / portTICK_RATE_MS);

	i2c_cmd_link_delete(i2c_cmd_handler);
	if (ret == ESP_FAIL) {
		printf("ERROR\n");
	}
}

/**
 * @brief Reads the value of the register of the specified MCP23017
 */
uint8_t mcp23017_read(uint8_t MCP23017_ADDRESS, uint8_t command){
	uint8_t data_h;
	mcp23017_local_write(MCP23017_ADDRESS, command);
	vTaskDelay(30 / portTICK_RATE_MS);
	mcp23017_local_read(MCP23017_ADDRESS, &data_h);
	vTaskDelay(30 / portTICK_RATE_MS);
	return data_h;
}