RE: I2C (TWI driver) Bus recovery

Simon — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:44:38 GMT

I took a look at nRF5_SDK_17.0.2_d674dde\integration\nrfx\legacy\nrf_drv_twi.c-->twi_clear_bus() and it did the following:

static void twi_clear_bus(nrf_drv_twi_config_t const * p_config)
{
    NRF_GPIO->PIN_CNF[p_config->scl] = SCL_PIN_INIT_CONF;
    NRF_GPIO->PIN_CNF[p_config->sda] = SDA_PIN_INIT_CONF;

    nrf_gpio_pin_set(p_config->scl);
    nrf_gpio_pin_set(p_config->sda);

    NRF_GPIO->PIN_CNF[p_config->scl] = SCL_PIN_INIT_CONF_CLR;
    NRF_GPIO->PIN_CNF[p_config->sda] = SDA_PIN_INIT_CONF_CLR;

    nrf_delay_us(4);

    for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
    {
        if (nrf_gpio_pin_read(p_config->sda))
        {
            if (i == 0)
            {
                return;
            }
            else
            {
                break;
            }
        }
        nrf_gpio_pin_clear(p_config->scl);
        nrf_delay_us(4);
        nrf_gpio_pin_set(p_config->scl);
        nrf_delay_us(4);
    }
    nrf_gpio_pin_clear(p_config->sda);
    nrf_delay_us(4);
    nrf_gpio_pin_set(p_config->sda);
}

I could not find any similar functions in NCS/Zephyr, so if you want to use twi_clear_bus(), use the code above as a reference.

In the thread TWI Stuck Bus Recovery it was recommended to reinitialize the I2C driver, however I'm not quite sure how to go about this if you're using the Zephyr drivers, since you're not running the init function yourself. It happens automatically before main. However, f you use the nrfx drivers directly, you will be able to reinitialize the driver, since you run the init function yourself.

Another solutions could be to reset the chip, which will reinitialize the I2C. If the device you're communicating with has a reset pin, you could solve it by triggering a reset on that chip as well.

Best regards,

Simon