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Kasper
Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 88 Location: Aurora, Ontario, Canada
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24LC256 on I2C Bus with MAX6900 .. errors :( |
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 2:57 pm |
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Hi.
I have an 18F6620 hooked up with two PIC 24LC256's and a MAX6900 RTC on the hardware I2C bus. All are on seperate ID's and do work somewhat.
I can read and set the time from the Max6900, and I can write and read the eeprom, BUT:
Every time I write some data to the eeprom, it ignores the first character written to it, and when reading, it reads 0xFF for that same first character
E.G.
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void Write_VendorHelp(void) {
long int i;
VendorDescriptionLength,1); // passing a pointer to the receivebuffer to the I2C Page write function
for(i=0;i<(VendorDescriptionLength -1);i++) {
write_ext_eeprom(i+VendorBaseAddress,ReceiveBuffer[i+1]);
}// end for
}
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yes.. the ReceiveBuffer contains the right data, I can even send it to the serial port for verification, but the first character is always missing.
If I take the MAX6900 off teh board, then it works fine, so it is a conflict between the two..
The opposite problem is also present when reading from the 24LC256, again also solved by taking the MAX6900 out of the circuit.
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void GET_VendorHelp(void){
int i;
for(i=0;i<(VendorDescriptionLength -1);i++) {
fprintf(PORT2,"%c",read_ext_eeprom(i+VendorBaseAddress));
}// end for
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Now even though I am tempted to leave it out all together, my boss seems to think that we need a RTC and he picked the MAX6900..... yay
Any suggestions for what could be wrong?... I have 2K2 pullups on the I2C bus, is that good enough for 3 I2C devices?
Thanks in advance
Kasper
MPLAB 6.4, PCWH 3.189, WinXP Pro, SP1, ICD2 |
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PCM programmer
Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 21708
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 3:32 pm |
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Whenever I see something like this, my instant first thought is
that you're not doing a NACK on the last i2c read. |
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Kasper
Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 88 Location: Aurora, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 4:16 pm |
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PCM programmer wrote: | Whenever I see something like this, my instant first thought is
that you're not doing a NACK on the last i2c read. |
Thanks
Needless to say, you were right
The code below shows where I changed the read function
So, slightly off topic, should the value of the pullup resistors change, depending on how many devices are on the bus, and in that case, what is a good value for 2x 24LC256 and 1x MAX6900 ?
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void Get_Time_MAX6900(void) {
output_float(eeprom_scl);
output_float(eeprom_sda);
delay_us(4);
// in burst mode, the MAX6900 does not read the century byte.
i2c_start();
i2c_write(0xA0);
i2c_write(0xBF);
i2c_start();
i2c_write(0xA1);
Second = i2c_READ();
Minute = i2c_READ();
hour = i2c_READ();
Date = i2c_READ();
Month = i2c_READ();
Day = i2c_READ();
Year = i2c_READ();
// RTCcontrol= i2c_READ(1);
RTCcontrol= i2c_READ(0);
i2c_stop();
delay_ms(3); // after any read or write operation, do not talk to it for 2.5ms
Century= 32; ///20Hex .. reading the century seems to be screwy.. so it is not year 2100 compatible :o\
//fprintf(PORT2,"\rControlReg:=[%X]",RTCcontrol);
}
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PCM programmer
Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 21708
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 5:05 pm |
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Quote: | So, slightly off topic, should the value of the pullup resistors
change, depending on how many devices are on the bus, and in that
case, what is a good value for 2x 24LC256 and 1x MAX6900 ? |
According to the data sheets for those chips and the PIC, the
maximum capacitance per pin is 10 pf. So 4 pins x 10 pf = 40 pf max.
Based on the charts in the i2c spec, for 5v operation at 100 KHz clock
speed, you could use a value between roughly 1.6K and 20K.
So if you want to be on the safe side, and don't care about power
consumption, you could use 2.2K. Or, 4.7K. |
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Kasper
Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 88 Location: Aurora, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 8:07 am |
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PCM programmer wrote: | Quote: | So, slightly off topic, should the value of the pullup resistors
change, depending on how many devices are on the bus, and in that
case, what is a good value for 2x 24LC256 and 1x MAX6900 ? |
According to the data sheets for those chips and the PIC, the
maximum capacitance per pin is 10 pf. So 4 pins x 10 pf = 40 pf max.
Based on the charts in the i2c spec, for 5v operation at 100 KHz clock
speed, you could use a value between roughly 1.6K and 20K.
So if you want to be on the safe side, and don't care about power
consumption, you could use 2.2K. Or, 4.7K. |
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