/* Copyright (C) 2017 - IIT Bombay - FOSSEE This file must be used under the terms of the CeCILL. This source file is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms are also available at http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL_V2-en.txt Author: Yash Pratap Singh Tomar Organization: FOSSEE, IIT Bombay Email: toolbox@scilab.in */ //this function reads data from the device register with given address #include "cmd_i2c_read_register.h" #include "Arduino.h" #include "Wire.h" uint16 u8cmd_i2c_read_registers(uint8 address, uint8 reg_adrs) { long int reading; Wire.beginTransmission(address); // transmit to device address Wire.write(reg_adrs); // sets register pointer to reg_adrs position Wire.endTransmission(); // stop transmitting // request reading from sensor Wire.requestFrom(address, 2); // request 2 bytes from slave device with address // receive reading from sensor if (2 <= Wire.available()) // if two bytes were received { reading = Wire.read(); // receive high byte (overwrites previous reading) reading = reading << 8; // shift high byte to be high 8 bits reading |= Wire.read(); // receive low byte as lower 8 bits } return(reading); }