i2c_lib.c

/*
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Copyright (c) 2010, Sean Cross / chumby industries
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 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <linux/i2c.h>
#include <linux/i2c-dev.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdint.h>

#include "i2c_lib.h"

uint8_t set_i2c_register(int file,
                            unsigned char addr,
                            unsigned char reg,
                            unsigned char value) {

    unsigned char outbuf[2];
    struct i2c_rdwr_ioctl_data packets;
    struct i2c_msg messages[1];

    messages[0].addr  = addr;
    messages[0].flags = 0;
    messages[0].len   = 2;
    messages[0].buf   = outbuf;

    /* The first byte indicates which register we'll write */
    outbuf[0] = reg;

    /* 
     * The second byte indicates the value to write.  Note that for many
     * devices, we can write multiple, sequential registers at once by
     * simply making outbuf bigger.
     */

    outbuf[1] = value;

    if(i2c_debug)
     printf("set_i2c_register params: addr: 0x%x, reg: 0x%x, val: 0x%x\n", addr, reg, value); 

    /* Transfer the i2c packets to the kernel and verify it worked */
    packets.msgs  = messages;
    packets.nmsgs = 1;
    if(ioctl(file, I2C_RDWR, &packets) < 0) {
        perror("Unable to send data");
        return 1;
    }

    return 0;
}


uint8_t get_i2c_register(int file,
                            unsigned char addr,
                            unsigned char reg,
                            unsigned char *val) {

    unsigned char inbuf, outbuf;
    struct i2c_rdwr_ioctl_data packets;
    struct i2c_msg messages[2];

    /*
     * In order to read a register, we first do a "dummy write" by writing
     * 0 bytes to the register we want to read from.  This is similar to
     * the packet in set_i2c_register, except it's 1 byte rather than 2.
     */

    outbuf = reg;
    messages[0].addr  = addr;
    messages[0].flags = 0;
    messages[0].len   = 1;
    messages[0].buf   = &outbuf;

    /* The data will get returned in this structure */
    messages[1].addr  = addr;
    messages[1].flags = I2C_M_RD/* | I2C_M_NOSTART*/;
    messages[1].len   = 1;
    messages[1].buf   = &inbuf;

    /* Send the request to the kernel and get the result back */
    packets.msgs      = messages;
    packets.nmsgs     = 2;
    if(ioctl(file, I2C_RDWR, &packets) < 0) {
        perror("Unable to send data");
        return 1;
    }
    *val = inbuf;

    return 0;
}