Stuart Poulton <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ok, firstly GPIO's on the RPi are 3v3 not 5v so not suited to longer
> distance, there  is no buffering or protection present.

3.3V to 5V converters are not that much of a problöem. One could even use an
Optocoupler for galvanic isolation.

> I believe that an i2c driver chip provides a more robust solution than
> simply bit banging a GPIO pin.

It probably does, but for the sake of simplicity I think that many people
prefer a solution without SMD components.

Sven

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