Expand 10 Click

Expand 10 Click is a compact add-on board that contains a multi-port I/O expander. This board features the PCAL6524, a 24-bit general-purpose I/O expander providing remote I/O expansion for most MCU’s families via the Fast-mode Plus I2C-serial interface from NXP Semiconductors.

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Click library

• Author : Stefan Filipovic
• Date : Aug 2021.
• Type : I2C type

Software Support

We provide a library for the Expand10 Click as well as a demo application (example), developed using MikroElektronika compilers. The demo can run on all the main MikroElektronika development boards.

Package can be downloaded/installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Library Description

This library contains API for Expand10 Click driver.

Standard key functions :

• expand10_cfg_setup Config Object Initialization function.

  void expand10_cfg_setup ( expand10_cfg_t *cfg );

• expand10_init Initialization function.

  err_t expand10_init ( expand10_t *ctx, expand10_cfg_t *cfg );

• expand10_default_cfg Click Default Configuration function.

  err_t expand10_default_cfg ( expand10_t *ctx );

Example key functions :

• expand10_set_pin_direction This function sets the direction of the selected pins.

  err_t expand10_set_pin_direction ( expand10_t *ctx, uint8_t direction, uint8_t port, uint8_t pin_mask );

• expand10_set_pin_value This function sets the value of the selected pins.

  err_t expand10_set_pin_value ( expand10_t *ctx, uint8_t port, uint8_t clr_mask, uint8_t set_mask );

• expand10_read_port_value This function reads the value of the selected port input pins.

  err_t expand10_read_port_value ( expand10_t *ctx, uint8_t port, uint8_t *data_out );

Example Description

This example demonstrates the use of Expand 10 Click board.

The demo application is composed of two sections :

Application Init

Initializes the driver and performs the Click default configuration which sets the first two ports as output and the third port as input with pull-down enabled.

void application_init ( void )
{
    log_cfg_t log_cfg;            /**< Logger config object. */
    expand10_cfg_t expand10_cfg;  /**< Click config object. */

    /** 
     * Logger initialization.
     * Default baud rate: 115200
     * Default log level: LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
     * @note If USB_UART_RX and USB_UART_TX 
     * are defined as HAL_PIN_NC, you will 
     * need to define them manually for log to work. 
     * See @b LOG_MAP_USB_UART macro definition for detailed explanation.
     */
    LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
    log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
    log_info( &logger, " Application Init " );

    // Click initialization.
    expand10_cfg_setup( &expand10_cfg );
    EXPAND10_MAP_MIKROBUS( expand10_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
    err_t init_flag = expand10_init( &expand10, &expand10_cfg );
    if ( I2C_MASTER_ERROR == init_flag ) 
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Application Init Error. " );
        log_info( &logger, " Please, run program again... " );
        for ( ; ; );
    }

    init_flag = expand10_default_cfg ( &expand10 );
    if ( EXPAND10_ERROR == init_flag ) 
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Default Config Error. " );
        log_info( &logger, " Please, run program again... " );
        for ( ; ; );
    }

    log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
}

Application Task

Sets the pins of the first two ports and then reads and displays the status of all ports on the USB UART approximately once per second.

void application_task ( void )
{
    uint8_t port_value = 0;

    for ( uint16_t pin_num = EXPAND10_PIN_0_MASK; pin_num <= EXPAND10_PIN_7_MASK; pin_num <<= 1 )
    {
        expand10_set_all_pins_value( &expand10, pin_num );

        expand10_read_port_value( &expand10, EXPAND10_PORT_0, &port_value );
        log_printf( &logger, " Status P0 (output): 0x%.2X\r\n", ( uint16_t ) port_value );

        expand10_read_port_value( &expand10, EXPAND10_PORT_1, &port_value );
        log_printf( &logger, " Status P1 (output): 0x%.2X\r\n", ( uint16_t ) port_value );

        expand10_read_port_value( &expand10, EXPAND10_PORT_2, &port_value );
        log_printf( &logger, " Status P2 (input) : 0x%.2X\r\n\r\n", ( uint16_t ) port_value );
        Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    }
}

The full application code, and ready to use projects can be installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Other Mikroe Libraries used in the example:

• MikroSDK.Board
• MikroSDK.Log
• Click.Expand10

Additional notes and informations

Depending on the development board you are using, you may need USB UART Click, USB UART 2 Click or RS232 Click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. UART terminal is available in all MikroElektronika compilers.