Netduino + 2 I2C with VNCL4000 Proximity Sensor

Dear Netduino Community,

I'm having a hard time writing this I2C driver. I've looked through a number of tutorials/examples, but everything I try always throws a System.ArgumentException, without much information.

I'm trying to get this little proximity/ambient light sensor up and running with a Netduino Plus 2:

http://www.adafruit....ts/vcnl4000.pdf

The important bit in that data sheet is probably the example application:

Addressing:command: 26h, 85h (VCNL4000_I2C_Bus_Write_Adr., Ambient Light Result Register #5 [85]) Read register #5:command: 27h, data (VCNL4000_I2C_Bus_Read_Adr., {High Byte Data of Ambient Light Result Register #5 [85])} Read register #6:command: 27h, data (VCNL4000_I2C_Bus_Read_Adr., {Low Byte Data of Ambient Light Result Register #6 [86])}

 

I can't find any other netduino I2C examples that are remotely similar. I would really appreciate any advice! Maybe if someone can help me figure out the most basic example of reading command register #1 (product ID), that would give me a huge step in the right direction. 

I've attached a VS project if anyone cares to check it out.

Thank you for your time!

@pajama

A couple of things that might be causing your difficulties:

• You are using a 8-bit I2C address in your code. (0x27) and it needs to be a 7-bit address (0x13).
• Your I2C clock is set too high. I do not think that the Net Micro Framework supports clock at 3400. Try setting your clock to 100 and then (if successful) try a higher clock (400).

 

• You are using a 8-bit I2C address in your code. (0x27) and it needs to be a 7-bit address (0x13).
• Your I2C clock is set too high. I do not think that the Net Micro Framework supports clock at 3400. Try setting your clock to 100 and then (if successful) try a higher clock (400).

 

Thank you for the reply! I changed the values above. Still throwing an exception here:

I would try using the WriteRegister and ReadRegister methods rather than the generic Write and Read methods.

I would try using the WriteRegister and ReadRegister methods rather than the generic Write and Read methods.

Thank you for the suggestion.

Here's what I'm doing, still getting the same error. Should my writebuffer be a different size?

 public byte ReadVersion()
        {
            // write register address
            byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[1];
            I2CBus.GetInstance().WriteRegister(_slaveConfiguration, (byte)CommandRegisters.ProductId, writeBuffer, TransactionTimeout);

            // get the byte result
            byte[] data = new byte[1];
            I2CBus.GetInstance().ReadRegister(_slaveConfiguration, (byte)CommandRegisters.ProductId, data,TransactionTimeout);
            //force the convertion to a signed byte
            return data[0];
        }

_slaveDevice.Execute(writeXAction, transactionTimeout) is returning 0

@pajama, did you get the PM that I sent to you?

I would drop the first WriteRegister call and only use the ReadRegister call.