BV4221 USB to I2C

BV4221 picture

The BV4221 is a compact USB serial to I2C controller. The device presents itself as a COM port and commands are entered in text via a terminal emulator such as HyperTerminal or the free BV-COM. To obtain this download it from the PIC32-Basic website here. Full details of how to operate this device can be found in the Datasheet in the downloads section.

Contents

  • Using The BV4221 - Getting started, plugging it in etc. with a couple of videos.
  • Using the BV4221 with VB - VB Program for automating on a PC.
  • Using the BV4221 with Just Basic
  • Browser Based Control - Yes you can actually use a browser to control the BV4221 and hence any I2C device. This has a series of VB Script programs for controlling various I2C devices.
  • Linux & NSLU2 - Some tips.
  • C Code for PC - Scom is a C program that will run on a PC, it sends a script to the COM Port and hence you are able to control I2C devices with a text, script file - Source code also provided.