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Old 07-08-2014, 04:30 AM   #1
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i2c bus on Kobo Touch N905

I noticed that my Kobo touch N905 (not B or C) has i2c commands in one of the bin folders.

I found a copy of i2cdetect , loaded it and did
i2cdetect 0

I saw one response at hex68

So it must have an i2c bus (?)

I am into Linux on routers etc (http://www.sunspot.co.uk) and would love to use Kobo as a controller on my i2c network (good screen for full sun in the greenhouse!)
I would set up a website on the Kobo and display it in the inbuilt browser. I guess you could do cgi scripting?

Has anyone any knowledge of where the i2c connects?
(On an NSLU2 router there is also just one response from a real-time clock, but not at hex68)

I want to find the bus lines and interface them out.
What chip might use them?

Also
Has anyone seen the rs232 port on the old N905 (no B or C)?
There is nothing obvious on this old design board.

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Old 03-17-2019, 12:19 PM   #2
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Just coming in from the Googles to this thread, but I purchased one of these on Friday and here are the devices that are on the various busses:

Code:
# find /sys/devices | grep i2c | grep 00../name | xargs cat
zForce-ir-touch   # Touch sensor
tps65185-1        # PMIC (http://www.ti.com/product/TPS65185)
msp430            # I'm pretty sure this is Adobe DRM and is the on-board MSP430 micro on the upper-right
What's *more* interesting is that there are 0.1" pitch headers on my variant. One just south of the PMIC and the other east of the MSP430 chip. I've checked with a Bus Pirate and these don't show any I2C data when running `i2cdetect` or while booting. The voltage for the one by the MSP430 is also detached from the voltage rails of the other two ports.

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