Connect Arduino to cRIO

[Chiller]

How would I go about wiring my Arduino uno to the Digital Sidecar for use as a slave through I2C?

I tried just wiring up pins A4 & A5 to the SDA ans SDL lines but that did not work...

I was reading somewhere that those two lines need pullup resistors, is this true and will this make a difference?

Thanks, Chiller!

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by Chiller

How would I go about wiring my Arduino uno to the Digital Sidecar for use as a slave through I2C?

Grab an NXT cable and cut it in half. Wire the SCL / SDA pins into the cable for the Clock / Data lines, respectively (pinout). Connect the NXT plug into the gray NXT-like plug on the Digital Sidecar. Huzzah!

-Danny

[SteveGarward]

Use ground as well to give the sidecar/robot a common ground with the Arduino.

Also, in your Arduino code, you will need to set the clock speed for the I2C (Wire) library to the same as the cRIO/sidecar. Add the following line to your code, PRIOR to the wire.h include:
#define TWI_FREQ 38400L

[Chiller]

Originally Posted by SteveGarward

Use ground as well to give the sidecar/robot a common ground with the Arduino.

Also, in your Arduino code, you will need to set the clock speed for the I2C (Wire) library to the same as the cRIO/sidecar. Add the following line to your code, PRIOR to the wire.h include:
#define TWI_FREQ 38400L

Would you happen to know if I need those pullup resistors?

[SteveGarward]

There are internal pullups on these lines in the sidecar, so you do not need to add additional pullups. Just connect the sidecar outputs directly to the Arduino A4/A5.