NOT READING SENSOR ADDRESS ON ADAFRUIT TCA9548A MUX BREAKOUT

[adafruit_support_bill]

The tcaselect example code works well for a single multiplexer. but it does not allow you to de-select all channels. So when using multiple TCA9548, each multiplexer will have at least one channel active at all times.

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void tcaselect(uint8_t i) {
  if (i > 7) return;
 
  Wire.beginTransmission(TCAADDR);
  Wire.write(1 << i);
  Wire.endTransmission();  
}

To deselect all channels, you need to write a 0 to the multiplexer. If you modify tcaselect as follows, you can turn off all channels by passing a -1.

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void tcaselect(uint8_t i) {
  if (i > 7) return;

  if (i < 0){
    Wire.beginTransmission(TCAADDR);
    Wire.write(0);
    Wire.endTransmission();  
    return;
  }
 
  Wire.beginTransmission(TCAADDR);
  Wire.write(1 << i);
  Wire.endTransmission();  
}

[MICK_1985]

Thanks for your answer. It worked with just changing the type of variable from uint8_t to int8_t so it could take the (-1) negative value to deselect all channels.

Thanks for the quick response.

[adafruit_support_bill]

Good to hear. Thanks for the follow-up.

[john_galt]

Mick,

Could you pleas share your modified "tsaselect" function? I'm having a heck of a time
getting mine to work.

Thank you,


Doug

[MICK_1985]

Mick,

Could you pleas share your modified "tsaselect" function? I'm having a heck of a time
getting mine to work.

Thank you,


Doug

Doug,

This is what I got working

void tcaselectmc2(int8_t i){
if (i > 7) return;
if (i < 0){
Wire.beginTransmission(TCAADDRMC2);
Wire.write(0);
Wire.endTransmission();
return;
}
Wire.beginTransmission(TCAADDRMC2);
Wire.write(1<<i);
Wire.endTransmission();
}

I changed the function variable from uint8_t to int8_t so it will take a negative value. I have three MUX in my project and this is for mux2 every time I want to activate one for the channels on mux2 I pass the value (o to 7) and pass (-1) to the other two mux to deactivate them.

void MuxPortDeactivator (int port){

switch(port){
case 1:
tcaselectmc2(-1);
tcaselectmc3(-1);
break;
case 2:
tcaselectmc1(-1);
tcaselectmc3(-1);
break;
case 3:
tcaselectmc2(-1);
tcaselectmc1(-1);
break;
}
}

I call this function every time I want to change the multiplexer I'm going to read and pass the number of the mux I want to read so the other two get deactivated.

Hope this helps.

Cheers.

[john_galt]

Mick,

Thank you so much! Now I think I may be able to get mine working.

Doug