Does the GrovePi support more complex I2C commands?
the first 5 work fine:
dRead_cmd 1
dWrite_cmd 2
aRead_cmd 3
aWrite_cmd 4
pMode_cmd 5
But the more complicated commands such as:
Ultrasonic_cm 7
DHT_sensor_cmd 40
Do not work.
I need to know, is this a short coming of the C API / I2C SMBBUS driver?
Should I drop this and attempt to integrate java into my applications instead?
Hi @alex.blake,
Sorry for the delay in testing things out. GrovePi does support have software support for Ultrasonic and DHT sensors.
We have got the Ultrasonic sensor to work with the C library and its still under testing though. Can you try out the following and tell us how well it works for you.
grovepi.h
2. Add the following code at the end of the grovepi.c file
int ultrasonicRead(int pin)
{
int data;
write_block(uRead_cmd,pin,0,0);
usleep(60);
read_byte();
read_block();
data=r_buf[1]* 256 + r_buf[2];
if (data==65535)
return -1;
return data;
}
3. Create an example called grovepi_us_read.c with sudo nano grovepi_us_read.c to test the ultrasonic sensor and add the following lines
# include "grovepi.h"
int main(void)
{
int adata;
//Exit on failure to start communications with the GrovePi
if(init()==-1)
exit(1);
while(1)
{ # Connect the ultrasonic sensor to port D4
adata=ultrasonicRead(4);
printf("ultasonic read %d\n",adata);
if(adata==-1)
printf("IO Error");
}
return 1;
}
4.Connect the Ultrasonic Sensor to Port D4.
5. Run the following to execute the code
sudo gcc grovepi_us_read.c grovepi.c -Wall
./a.out
Please let us know if this helps,
-Shoban