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Using I2C with BCM2835 driver on the Raspberry Pi

asked 2013-08-20 08:23:13 -0500

VeryNewToROS gravatar image

updated 2014-01-28 17:17:43 -0500

ngrennan gravatar image

Hi,

Im currently trying to use a Raspberry Pi with ROS with some success, roscore works fine and all is well and good with the exception of one problem.

Im using the BCM2835 driver available at http://www. airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835/ (followed the instructions and made the target and installed it with make install) This works when writing a normal executable when following the tutorials but I can't get it to work when writing it into a basic node. I think the problem is that it cant find the header files needed hence the "undefined reference" error when invoking "catkin_make", I have tried adding the following into the the CMakeList.txt to point ROS to the library.

include_directories(include ${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS})

include_directories(include /home/pi/catkin_ws/src/bcm2835-1.26/src)

in the main code:

#include<bcm2835.h> //This with numerous variations including the full file path and without the .h

This of course had no effect I would ideally like to use the BCM2835 library for this project. I realize im making a rookie error and its just a case of organizing my libraries along with not a lot of Linux experience but im a little lost with it and would appreciate any help suggestions.

Many thanks

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answered 2013-08-20 10:52:42 -0500

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updated 2013-08-20 10:53:54 -0500

There is a library called wiringPi which implements more features than the BCM library and is a lot easier to use. I started writing a ROS wrapper using the bosch_drivers architecture. If you only want to access the GPIOs, the code should work out of the box, there is even a gpio test program. I2C is implemented but not tested. It would be great if you could contribute. Just follow the instructions in the README

https://github.com/kalectro/raspi_interface

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Perfect thanks Kia, I'll start working with it, I'll keep you informed of my experiences with it. Many thanks

VeryNewToROS gravatar image VeryNewToROS  ( 2013-08-22 07:12:36 -0500 )edit

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