Keep getting "Warning: no voltage on Vpullup pin"

[zhivko]

Hello bus pirates!

I tried i2c communication with bus pirate v3.

I had short connected +5V and VPU pins, but I keep getting "Warning: no voltage on Vpullup pin".
Should I bring outer voltage (DC adapter) to pin VPU? If yes should I also connect GND ?

It seems that v4 solved this more elegant, but I misslooked that when I ordering bus pirate.

So - how can I fix that?

[Sjaak]

Did your BP pass the selftest?

See http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus ... test_guide for more information.

[arakis]

Hi welcome, Sorry you're having issues? Did you switch the power supplies on with 'W', and the pull ups with 'P'?
If not try that, if you did, try doing the self test? Hope this helps

[zhivko]

HiZ>~
Disconnect any devices
Connect (Vpu to +5V) and (ADC to +3.3V)
Space to continue
Ctrl
AUX OK
MODE LED OK
PULLUP H OK
PULLUP L OK
VREG OK
ADC and supply
5V(5.02) OK
VPU(5.03) OK
3.3V(3.33) OK
ADC(3.36) OK
Bus high
MOSI OK
CLK OK
MISO OK
CS OK
Bus Hi-Z 0
MOSI OK
CLK OK
MISO OK
CS OK
Bus Hi-Z 1
MOSI OK
CLK OK
MISO OK
CS OK
MODE and VREG LEDs should be on!

Test went OK both leds are on.


I did switch the power supplies on with 'W', and the pull ups with 'P'? but keep getting:
"Warning: no voltage on Vpullup pin"

[arakis]

That's odd, seems like everything is fine. What hardware rand firmware revision are you running? you can check by using the command 'i'

[ian]

Did you enable the pullups with the P command?

EDIT: is your target device grounding the pin? What is the voltage measurement on the I2C pins at idle?

[zhivko]

HiZ>i
Bus Pirate v3a
Firmware v5.10 (r559) Bootloader v4.4
DEVID:0x0447 REVID:0x3046 (24FJ64GA002 B8)
http://dangerousprototypes.com
HiZ>

I need to reconnect bus pirate - will take me few hours...

[ian]

Do you get the error even with no device connected to the Bus Pirate in I2C mode?

[zhivko]

Yes - even with no device connected I get:

Ready
I2C>
I2C>
I2C>W
Power supplies ON
I2C>P
Pull-up resistors ON
Warning: no voltage on Vpullup pin

"is your target device grounding the pin? What is the voltage measurement on the I2C pins at idle?"
My device is not self powered - It drags power from +5V of bus pirate - is that OK ?
GND is also brought to i2c device from bus pirate pin.
Haven't been able to measure i2c pins yet.

[ian]

Ready
I2C>
I2C>
I2C>W
Power supplies ON
I2C>P
Pull-up resistors ON
Warning: no voltage on Vpullup pin

This is with the Vpu pin connected to something?

Very strange that it would pass the self test but not work here. I can't think of how that would be possible.

[zhivko]

What do you suggest to do next?

[arakis]

Hmm, sorry to bug you again, but could you run through these tests again, thanks.

*connect everything for self test..
*run self test
*now try I2C, leaving all the self test connections on, and not connecting any board/IC to the BS pirate, so try the I2C with selftest connections only..

[zhivko]

Now I don't get this warning after issuing P command in i2c mode.
How can I "try the I2C with selftest connections only.." ? I mean - if I leave jumpers on, I cannot connect my device to it...
Is it possible to replace buspirate with latest version that could programatically regulate Vpullup?
I bought it from sparkfun.

Thanks,

Here is output...

HiZ>~
Disconnect any devices
Connect (Vpu to +5V) and (ADC to +3.3V)
Space to continue
Ctrl
AUX OK
MODE LED OK
PULLUP H OK
PULLUP L OK
VREG OK
ADC and supply
5V(5.02) OK
VPU(5.02) OK
3.3V(3.36) OK
ADC(3.31) OK
Bus high
MOSI OK
CLK OK
MISO OK
CS OK
Bus Hi-Z 0
MOSI OK
CLK OK
MISO OK
CS OK
Bus Hi-Z 1
MOSI OK
CLK OK
MISO OK
CS OK
MODE and VREG LEDs should be on!
Any key to exit
Found 0 errors.
HiZ>m
1. HiZ
2. 1-WIRE
3. UART
4. I2C
5. SPI
6. 2WIRE
7. 3WIRE
8. LCD
9. DIO
x. exit(without change)

(1)>4
Set speed:
1. ~5KHz
2. ~50KHz
3. ~100KHz
4. ~400KHz

(1)>3
Ready
I2C>P
Pull-up resistors ON
Warning: no voltage on Vpullup pin
I2C>W
Power supplies ON
I2C>P
Pull-up resistors ON
I2C>

[zhivko]

OK It works now - it seems I have to used to it.... "Warning: no voltage on Vpullup pin" really fuzzled me
Is there any sample how to use bus pirate with JAVA on LINUX?

The main problem was trying communication on wrong address - be warned new users - when you issue "I2C sniffer" with (1) command - you get 3 hex addresses listed - I was only trying with first one.

Actually I needed to communicate with R address to device (in documentation of device the first one of "i2c sniffer" is listed).

[zhivko]

Found something on following url:
http://jdesbonnet.blogspot.com/2011/06/ ... ature.html
Will try to use it tomorrow.