I2C Communication between Arduino and RPi failing when Arduino is sending data

Question

I'm trying to read some data from the Arduino slave and when I receive the data it shows some numbers but not the correct ones.

I'm using node and i2c-bus module, also tried with wiringPi but got the same result.

I do the following thing in node.

const i2c = require('i2c-bus');


const bus = i2c.open(1, (err) => {

   setInterval(function() {
       var buf = new Buffer(4);
      bus.readI2cBlockSync(0x09, 50,4, buf);
      console.log(buf );


      }, 500);

});

And my Arduino code is:

#include <Wire.h>


int val = 0;
int receiveBuffer[9];
int toggle = 0;

void setup() {
pinMode(3, INPUT);
   pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
   Wire.begin(9);
  Wire.onReceive(receiveEvent);
  Wire.onRequest(sendData);
}

void loop() {

}

void receiveEvent(int howmany)
{
  int counter = 0;
  while(Wire.available()) {
    receiveBuffer[counter] = Wire.read();
    counter ++;
  }
}


void sendData(){
  if (receiveBuffer[0] == 50) {
    if (toggle == 0) {
    digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
    toggle=1;
    } else {
      digitalWrite(13, LOW);
      toggle = 0;
    }

      Wire.write(66);
      Wire.write(67);
      Wire.write(68);
      Wire.write(69);
  }
}

And the result in the RPi is this:

<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 08 bf ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>
<Buffer 10 7f ff ff>

See the at some point started to receive different numbers, but other times is mixed and show random things.

I try to do the same master/slave with 2 arduinos and I received the correct data.. I don't know why is failing in RPi and is driving me crazy.

I'm using a level shifter for the 5v i2c between the Rpi and the Arduino.

Also I know the i2c is working ok because I have 4 MCP23017 connected to the 5v i2c channel and they are working.

The arduino seems to receive the data okay as the led toggles alright.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

After hours of hitting my head against the wall I tried to connect it directly without passing through the level shifter and it worked... I don't understand exactly why it is, I suppose it's because of the pulldown resistors or something like that but can tell exactly.