I2C bus error when using _threading
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Hi! I'm reading a couple of sensors using a function I call
sensor_read()that then updates some global variables. When running it non-threaded, reading one bus at a time, I get no errors. However, when trying to read two buses (on the same pins) at once, I get I2C Bus Error from both of the devices I am trying to read data from.How can I solve this? Is there any particular reason for why the function works non-threaded but not threaded?
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@robert-hh said in I2C bus error when using _threading:
@techykermit I assume that both threads try to use the bus at the same time. That is not possible. So you must serialize the access, e.g. by using a semaphore. For that, the _thread class provides the lock methods. Note that the acquired lock has to be a global object visible to both threads.
Aha, I see. I will look into the lock method then, thank you for your help!
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@techykermit I assume that both threads try to use the bus at the same time. That is not possible. So you must serialize the access, e.g. by using a semaphore. For that, the _thread class provides the lock methods. Note that the acquired lock has to be a global object visible to both threads.
