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Arduino PF575 I²C I/O port expander blink example

Sep 23, 2015

I got some TI PCF8575 I²C I/O expander devices some years ago and never gave them a try. Yesterday I did... In the title they are named PF575, this is because this is what is printed on the device.

I wrote code for making a LED blink using the I/O expander as simple as possible.

Here you see my setup on a breadboard. On the left is the LED connected via a PNP transistor for voltage control.

I only had 24-SSOP packages so I needed to solder the PCF8575 to a DIP adapter for making it breadboard friendly.

My code:

#include <Wire.h>

/**
 *  Arduino PF575/PCF8575 I2C I/O port exapander LED blink example
 *
 *  Setup:
 *
 *  1. Connect A0, A1 and A2 to GND to set the address to 0x20.
 *  2. Connect SDL and SCL to the Arduino's I2C bus.
 *  3. Connect a LED to the P0 port of the I2C exapander.
 *     In my setup I am using a PNP Transistor connected to 5V unsing
 *     an resistor, the LED and the Arduino to make sure the LED gets
 *     a current from Vcc and not from the I2C exapander port.
 *
 *  This code is trying to explain how it works as simple as possible.
 *  More detailed examples are found on the web. Search for pcf8575 and
 *  you will find what you want.
*/

// Set I2C address
int address = 0x20;

void setup(){
  Wire.begin();
  // Set all ports as output
  pf575_write(word(B11111111,B11111111));
}

void loop(){
  // Set port P0 on
  pf575_write(word(B00000000,B00000001));
  delay(1000);
  // Set port P0 off
  pf575_write(word(B00000000,B00000000));
  delay(1000);
}

// Function for writing two Bytes to the I2C expander device
void pf575_write(uint16_t data) {
  Wire.beginTransmission(address);
  Wire.write(lowByte(data));
  Wire.write(highByte(data));
  Wire.endTransmission();
}

Some links:

• PCF8575 Datasheet at ti.com
• Tutorial: Arduino I/O Port Expander with PCF8574
• Using The PCF8575 i2c i/o Expander To Read Inputs With Arduino

Permalink: https://hanez.org/2015/09/23/arduino-pf575-i2c-io-port-expander-blink-example/

Gentoo Zsh prompt with Git features

Jun 26, 2015

Some years ago I posted the Gentoo Zsh prompt to make it available to every Zsh user, not only Gentoo users. Some days ago I wanted some Git features in my shell. I saw some nice prompt features in the last years when using Git so I wanted that too. I didn't found a nice prompt so I decided to write my own. I installed oh-my-zsh and created my own theme. It is based on the original Gentoo Zsh prompt and the Kolo oh-my-zsh theme.

Below you see an example session interacting with a Git repository:

Nice, isn't it?

I love minimal prompts with all the information I need. Since I am using xterm it is compatible to it. I love colors... ;)

You can see here that the [master*] part is not shown when not in a Git managed directory. My $HOME is managed by Git so I always have the repository information available, but not as root.

The code is found in my fork of the oh-my-zsh repository. Take a look under themes/, there is a file named hanez.zsh-theme. You can add this file to any oh-my-zsh installation from the upstream repositories or just add the content of the file to your .zshrc file. I use this fork only for providing my theme.

All of my custom Zsh stuff is found in my $HOME repository at GitHub.

Update: I replaced the dots which are showing the Git status with some asterisk to make the prompt become compatible to more terminal emulators. Some bugs are fixed too.

[Update]: Here is the code:

autoload -Uz vcs_info

zstyle ':vcs_info:*' stagedstr '%F{green}*'
zstyle ':vcs_info:*' unstagedstr '%F{yellow}*'
zstyle ':vcs_info:*' check-for-changes true
zstyle ':vcs_info:(sv[nk]|bzr):*' branchformat '%b%F{1}:%F{11}%r'
zstyle ':vcs_info:*' enable git svn
theme_precmd () {
    if [[ -z $(git ls-files --other --exclude-standard 2> /dev/null) ]] {
        zstyle ':vcs_info:*' formats ' [%b%c%u%B%F{green}]'
    } else {
        zstyle ':vcs_info:*' formats ' [%b%c%u%B%F{red}*%F{green}]'
    }

    vcs_info
}
setopt prompt_subst
if [ "$USER" = 'root' ]
then
PROMPT='%B%F{red}%m%F{green}${vcs_info_msg_0_} %F{blue}%c #%b%f '
else
PROMPT='%B%F{green}%n@%m${vcs_info_msg_0_} %F{blue}%c #%b%f '
fi
autoload -U add-zsh-hook
add-zsh-hook precmd  theme_precmd

Permalink: https://hanez.org/2015/06/26/gentoo-zsh-prompt-with-git-features/

Let's get the party started

Feb 26, 2013

The winter was long, the year began cold... Today I felt a little bit that spring is not far away anymore. \o/

I was at the beach and enjoyed it very much. Energy is back! Let's get the party started! Welcome 2013!

:)

Permalink: https://hanez.org/2013/02/26/lets-get-the-party-started/