2 I2C scanner examples for the micro:bit

The micro:bit has 2 I2C devices the  accelerometer and magnetometer. the address of the devices are as follows

Device I2C Address
Accelerometer 0x1D
Magnetometer (compass) 0x0E

Now you can also connect I2C devices to your micro:bit and sometimes you need to check the address of the device or this can also be used as a useful debug tool to make sure your device is detected.

There are 2 ways of doing this here, the first is in python using the mu editor and the next one is using an Arduino

Code

[codesyntax lang=”python”]

from microbit import *

start = 0x07
end = 0x70

while True:
    display.show(Image.ARROW_W)
    if button_a.was_pressed():
        display.show(Image.SMILE)
        print("Scanning I2C bus...")
        for i in range(start, end + 1):
            try:
                i2c.read(i, 1)
            except OSError:
                pass
            else:
                print("Found:  [%s]" % hex(i))
        print("Scanning complete")
    sleep(10)

[/codesyntax]

 

 

Now look at the REPL

>>> Scanning I2C bus…

Found: [0xe]

Found: [0x1d]

Scanning complete

Magnetometer [0x0e] Accelerometer [0x1d]

 

Now for the Arduino version

[codesyntax lang=”cpp”]

#include <Wire.h>
 
void setup()
{
  Wire.begin();
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("\nI2C Scanner");
}
 
 
void loop()
{
  byte error, address;
  int nDevices;
 
  Serial.println("Scanning...");
 
  nDevices = 0;
  for(address = 1; address < 127; address++ )
  {
    Wire.beginTransmission(address);
    error = Wire.endTransmission();
 
    if (error == 0)
    {
      Serial.print("I2C device found at address 0x");
      if (address<16)
        Serial.print("0");
      Serial.print(address,HEX);
      Serial.println("  !");
 
      nDevices++;
    }
    else if (error==4)
    {
      Serial.print("Unknown error at address 0x");
      if (address<16)
        Serial.print("0");
      Serial.println(address,HEX);
    }    
  }
  if (nDevices == 0)
    Serial.println("No I2C devices found\n");
  else
    Serial.println("done\n");
 
  delay(5000);           // wait 5 seconds for next scan
}

[/codesyntax]

 

Open the serial monitor and you should see something like this

Scanning…
I2C device found at address 0x0E !
I2C device foun!
I2C device found at address 0x1D !
done

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