I2C SCANNER Sketch for Arduino DUE

Official Hardware Mega Due
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Hi all,

I was wondering if somebody ever modified this sketch ( Arduino Playground - I2cScanner ) in order to work fine with an Arduino DUE.

When i run the sketch on my Arduino UNO, it perfectly recognizes the three I2C devices I've connected to the bus, but when I load it to the DUE no devices are recognized anymore.
I've tried everything, different pull-ups, switched between the two different I2C/TWI ports, inserted delays between functions, but nothing to do.
(I've also disconnected the 1.5k (actually 1k) pull-up on the DUE and placed external 4.7k pull up on both sda0-sck0 and sda1-sck1 to have similar delays everywhere.)

I've already questioned this forum (Arduino DUE with I2C DAC,ADC and RTC - Arduino Due - Arduino Forum) for some issues with those I2C. Before it was totally a logic level incompatibility, but now I'm having a perfect 3.3 to 5V bidirectional translation (checked with the scope).

Thank you,
Georgi

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Have you checked the pins you are using? SDA and SCL maddeningly shift around between boards. (Worst is the Leonardo, which uses pins 2,3 - so no hardware interrupts if you use I2C!).

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Hi,thanks for answering.
My problem now is that I'm able to communicate with some devices of which I know the address (so I got the connection a right) but I would find usefull an i2c scanner like the one working just for AVRs.
Georgi

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Hi Georgi,

The bits that the I2C Scanner example uses are broken in the library (last I knew). It relates to the fact that "endTransmission()" is no longer working (or ever was) for the DUE.

I made a work-around for a project that I was developing that duplicates the functionality.

Look in this thread:
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=182727.0

Look for the "// **** S **** --Scan I2C bus for known chips..." section in the linked code.

This is not a library that you can just import. You'll need to adapt the code for your use.

I2C support in the DUE remains largely-broken, and you should be prepared to write your own bits as necessary...

Best of luck,

Chris

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Thank you Chris for your constant interests in my issues :slight_smile:

I`ve got a new one going on now> Library for 16 bit DAC AD5667 with I2C - #10 by ggorine - Networking, Protocols, and Devices - Arduino Forum (in the big quote you can find a brief review of the issue)
We would happily hear your opinion!
Thanks again,
Georgi