On 18/12/13 09:44, [email protected] wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> i am working on Beaglebone (Angstrom linux), i tried to interface 
> Compass Module - HMC6352 to the beaglebone through I2C-3 (available in
> expansion header P9, pin numbers 19 and 20)
> 
> i used i2c commands in the terminal to detect the module.
> 
> ##i2cdetect -r 3
>      0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
> 00:          -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> 10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UU -- -- -- --
> 20: -- 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> 30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> 40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> 50: -- -- -- -- UU UU UU UU -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> 60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> 70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> 
> ##i2cdump -y 3 0x21
> No size specified (using byte-data access)
>      0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
> 00: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> 10: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> 20: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> 30: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> 40: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> 50: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> 60: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> 70: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> 80: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> 90: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> a0: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> b0: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> c0: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> d0: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> e0: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> f0: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03    ????????????????
> 
> here, i am getting an error No size specified...
> 
> i am unaware of these errors.
> 
> please help me.. i am looking application C-code for reading the above
> module.
> 

Here is some C code[1] for the HoneyWell HMC6352 compass. It is in the
form of a kernel module, but should give you some direction.

If you don't want a kernel driver, then I would suggest using libsoc[2]
to help you write a simple userspace version.

[1] http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/misc/hmc6352.c
[2] https://github.com/jackmitch/libsoc

Cheers,
Jack

> 
> 
> Thanks and Regards
> 
> N Reddy
> 
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