/// <summary>
/// Write a series of bytes to the I2cDevice connected to the Seesaw board.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="moduleAddress">An Seesaw_Module enum that represents the module that we are writing to.</param>
/// <param name="functionAddress">An Seesaw_Function enum that represents the Seesaw function to be called.</param>
/// <param name="data">The Span containg data to be send as a parameter or parameters to the Seesaw device.</param>
protected void Write(SeesawModule moduleAddress, SeesawFunction functionAddress, ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
{
const int StackThreshold = 512;
Span<byte> buffer = data.Length < StackThreshold ? stackalloc byte[data.Length + 2] : new byte[data.Length + 2];
buffer[0] = (byte)moduleAddress;
buffer[1] = (byte)functionAddress;
data.CopyTo(buffer.Slice(2));
I2cDevice.Write(buffer);
}
/// <summary>
/// Read a byte array from the I2cDevice connected to the Seesaw board.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="moduleAddress">A Seesaw_Module enum that represents the module that we are reading from.</param>
/// <param name="functionAddress">A Seesaw_Function enum that represents the Seesaw function to be called.</param>
/// <param name="length">The number of bytes that are expected to be returned from the Seesaw device.</param>
/// <param name="readDelayMicroSeconds">The delay between sending the function and readinng the data in microseconds.</param>
/// <returns>Returns the byte array representaing values from the Seesaw device.</returns>
protected byte[] Read(SeesawModule moduleAddress, SeesawFunction functionAddress, int length, short readDelayMicroSeconds = 0)
{
byte[] retval = new byte[length];
Span <byte> bytesToWrite = stackalloc byte[2] {
(byte)moduleAddress, (byte)functionAddress
};
I2cDevice.Write(bytesToWrite);
if (readDelayMicroSeconds > 0)
{
DelayHelper.DelayMicroseconds(readDelayMicroSeconds, true);
}
I2cDevice.Read(retval);
return(retval);
}
/// <summary> /// Read a byte from the I2cDevice connected to the Seesaw board. /// </summary> /// <param name="moduleAddress">A Seesaw_Module enum that represents the module that we are reading from.</param> /// <param name="functionAddress">A Seesaw_Function enum that represents the Seesaw function to be called.</param> /// <param name="readDelayMicroSeconds">The delay between sending the function and readinng the data in microseconds.</param> /// <returns>Returns the byte value from the Seesaw device.</returns> protected byte ReadByte(SeesawModule moduleAddress, SeesawFunction functionAddress, short readDelayMicroSeconds = 0) => Read(moduleAddress, functionAddress, 1, readDelayMicroSeconds)[0];
/// <summary>
/// Write a byte to the I2cDevice connected to the Seesaw board.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="moduleAddress">An Seesaw_Module enum that represents the module that we are writing to.</param>
/// <param name="functionAddress">An Seesaw_Function enum that represents the Seesaw function to be called.</param>
/// <param name="value">The byte value ro be send as a parameter to the Seesaw device.</param>
protected void WriteByte(SeesawModule moduleAddress, SeesawFunction functionAddress, byte value)
{
Write(moduleAddress, functionAddress, new byte[] { value });
}
