Re: I2C, SPI, etc for libgpiod

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 8:32 PM Hank Barta <hbarta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Thank you for clarifying.
>
> Can you point me to the other user-space tools or help with search
> strings? So far I've not had any luck finding them.
>

i2c-tools is the official toolset for I2C on linux:
https://i2c.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/I2C_Tools

spi-tools seems to be the maintained package for user-space spidev:
https://github.com/cpb-/spi-tools

Personally I use the following python modules on linux:
https://pypi.org/project/smbus2/ https://pypi.org/project/spidev/

> best,
>
>
> PS: Gmail thought it best to reply directly to you but if you think
> appropriate, please share your reply with the list.
>

Yes, no harm in responding directly on the list.

Bart