📱 I2CDriver by Excamera Review

Great addition to your tool box. It's nice to be able to monitor I2C bus traffic and verify that your project is communicating properly. Easy to set up, easy to use.

Just works and has the features of a tool ten times more expensive. I had to install the GUI and be up and running in just 2 minutes. The display is great (just wish it was bigger to show more than 5 bytes). The seller answered questions very quickly and made a great tool.

This has to be the worst supported product. Never. No tech support, no email, no address, no phone number. There is no forum. No support or help. The macOS installation instructions either don't work or require Genie to know the missing/implied parts. Worst support and documentation for any product.

I was unable to install the Python GUI due to a dependency on Wx. I didn't struggle too much because I'd really rather use the CLI. I was pleased that the command line interface is simple and open source and uses a simple serial protocol, making it easy to program with or without the CLI binary. Otherwise, it does what it says on the tin: it makes it easy to monitor and manage I2C traffic without expensive tools or proprietary software. The first time I used it, just trying to test it, it…

For some inconceivable reason this device cannot be used offline, it needs a PC for everything. I'm not sure what the point of an LCD is if you don't use it for anything when connected to a PC. Also, it has all sorts of blocking issues. I have two of these devices and this happens to both of them. I've tried this on several PCs and laptops and it happens on all of them. If you have this device hooked up to high voltage power lines the moment you plugged it in, there's a good chance it's going…

Upgrade from 3 (0.5) to 4 stars: Today (01/16/2020) Windows GUI program is stable. No changes other than I didn't do any software development for the Arduino with all the serial driver plug and play that goes with it. Original: For some reason this device starts up in "D" mode, which I think means "do nothing". " all it does is tell you the bus voltage and current consumption. It supposedly means "driver" that allows you to input I2C commands over USB. But I used it for Arduino…

I had high hopes for I2CDriver. I bought it a few months ago (September 2019) and put it on the bench for future I2C monitoring and debugging efforts. Well, today was the day - I installed the GUI this afternoon while testing the functionality of the I2C port on the microprocessor I'm building. I immediately noticed that the GUI often failed to start - even though two processes were started each time. it was a double click (checked in task manager). When it ran (about 1 try out of 10) it was a…