TCA9548a (I2C multiplexer) C++ integration

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I have 4 VL680 laser distance sensors to use with à Raspberry. It is a I2C bus compatible sensor but we can't change the address. So, I use the TCA9548a
Adafruit board I2C multiplexer. I can run only one VL680 directly on my I2C bus but it won't work trough the multiplexer. Datasheet is not clear and I
0 find only code for Arduino or bad Python example.

Here I am :

char filename[20];
const int adapter_nr = 1;
snprintf(filename, 19, "/dev/i2c-%d", adapter_nr);
file = open(filename, O_RDWR);
if (file < 0)
{
printf("Unable to connect reach I2C bus \n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

// multiplex address
const int addr = 0x70;

if(ioctl(file, I2C_SLAVE, addr) < 0)

{
printf("Fail to reach multiplex laser \n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

char buf[10];
buf[0] = 0x01; // to select channel 0
write(file, buf, 1);
I2C_init();

doTheSameAsOneOnlyVL680();
...

I don't know how I must do and nothing help. Is that the way to select the channel ? How write and read then ?

void I2C_init()
{
const int addr = 0x29;

if(ioctl(file, I2C_SLAVE, addr) < 0)

{
printf("Fail to reach laser \n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

if(read_byte(file, 0x000) != 0xB4)

{
printf("Problem with VL6180X\n");
//exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

int setup = read_byte(file, 0x016);

if(setup == 1)
{
printf("Init all registers \n");
write_byte(file, 0x0207, 0x01);
...

}
else
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set_scaling(file, 1);
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Share Follow edited Apr 18, 2019 at 13:40 asked Apr 17, 2019 at 20:48
NicolasColsoul
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Totally unrelated to your problem, but the size you pass to the snprintf function is including the terminator. Therefore you can pass e.g. sizeof filename instead of
using a magic number. Also, if you program in C++, why don't you use std::string ? – Some programmer dude Apr 17, 2019 at 21:02

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When ioctl(file, I2C_SLAVE, addr) runs you're saying "On I2C talk to the multiplexer."

1 Then, with

buf[0] = 0x01; // to select channel 0

write(file, buf, 10);

you make the multiplexer connect the VL680 that's connected to multiplexer first port to the I2C bus.

After you talked to the multiplexer with

write(file, buf, 10);

and before you talk to the distance sensor with

doTheSameAsOneOnlyVL680();

you need to run some code in order to say "On I2C talk to the distance sensor."

Something like:

if(ioctl(file, I2C_SLAVE, vl680Addr) < 0)

{
printf("Fail to reach distance sensor \n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

, where vl680Addr is the address (you'll need to define that) for the VL680 laser distance sensor,

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Alex Baban
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Thanks for your answer. I thing we are in the right direction. I am able to connect to the sensors because ioctl is showing no error. But I can't read/write to sensor regs.
Here is the initialize code of each sensor (first step of doTheSameAsOneOnlyVL680). I have edited my question. –  NicolasColsoul Apr 18, 2019 at 13:37

I change in my I2C_init() function file to file2 for the test and there it says unable to reach laser... I am bad with my channel select. –  NicolasColsoul Apr 18, 2019 at 13:59
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Yes. I can easily. –  NicolasColsoul Apr 19, 2019 at 14:05

Maybe try I2C_SLAVE_FORCE instead of I2C_SLAVE – Alex Baban Apr 19, 2019 at 16:48

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