i2c.write(deviceAddress, registerPlusData)

Description

The first two characters of the string to be written via the I²C bus are typically used as the most-significant byte and the least-significant byte of the sub-address — typically the device register you wish to access. A peripheral with 8-bit registers needs only a single byte for its address. An empty string, "", may be passed to initiate an empty-payload write phase.

Though the registerPlusData parameter takes a string, this can easily be used to send binary data if you use any of a number of simple conversion processes, as listed below. Pick the one that most closely aligns with how you are storing your binary data:

local sendStringOne = format("%c%c%c", 0xA5, 0xD3, 0x00);
local sendStringTwo = integerOne.tochar() + integerTwo.tochar();
locat sendStringThree = blobOne.tostring();

Squirrel strings can include NULL characters (unlike C strings) so you can send any binary value this way.

On completion, 0 is returned for success, or non-zero for an error condition. A list of error codes can be found on the i2c.readerror() page.

Please note that many vendors’ device datasheets specify a 7-bit base I²C address. In this case, you will need to bit-shift the address left by 1 (ie. multiply it by 2) to form the 8-bit address required by the imp API:

local impReadyI2Caddress = datasheetI2Caddress << 1;