Provides I2C devices writes and reads. Note that DEVICE devfs nodes can also be selected by providing the device index, so i2cutil r 2 5 is equivalent to i2cutil r /dev/class/i2c/002 5.
i2cutil r[ead] DEVICE ADDRESS
Reads one byte from the specified ADDRESS of the specified DEVICE devfs node (full path or device index) and outputs to the console. ADDRESS here refers to the internal register set of the device, the I2C address is already part of the DEVICE we are communicating with. Examples: a) i2cutil r /dev/class/i2c/004 5, reads one byte from the one byte address 0x05. b) i2cutil r /dev/class/i2c/004 0x20 0x3d, reads one byte from the two byte address 0x203d. This command is a convenience command, it is equivalent to a t command (transaction, see below) with 2 segments, one that writes the address bytes and one that reads one byte back.
i2cutil w[rite] DEVICE DATA...
Writes DATA bytes into the specified I2C DEVICE devfs node (full path or device index) and outputs to the console. Depending on the device, the first byte(s) correspond to the devices' internal address. Examples: a) i2cutil w /dev/class/i2c/004 0x05 0x12, writes byte 0x12 to address 0x05. b) i2cutil w /dev/class/i2c/004 0x20 0x3d 0x80, writes byte 0x80 to address 0x203d. This command is a convenience command, it is equivalent to a t command (transaction, see below) with 1 segment that writes the specified bytes.
i2cutil t[ransact] DEVICE [w|r] [DATA...|LENGTH] [w|r] [DATA...|LENGTH]
Performs one transaction with multiple segments. Each segment may be of type w (write) or r (read). For each write DATA bytes are written into the specified I2C DEVICE devfs node (full path or device index) and for each read LENGTH bytes are read from the specified I2C DEVICE devfs node. Outputs to the console the read bytes. Examples: i2cutil t 4 w 5 r 1 equivalent to example a) within section 1 above (short path version). i2cutil t 4 w 0x20 0x3d 0x80 (equivalent to example b) within 2 above (short path version).
i2cutil p[ing]
Pings all devices in /dev/class/i2c by reading from each devices' address 0x00. Example: i2cutil p /dev/class/i2c/000: OK [00164.657] 04506:05266> i2c: error on bus Error -1 /dev/class/i2c/001: ERROR /dev/class/i2c/002: OK /dev/class/i2c/003: OK /dev/class/i2c/004: OK