Linux i2cdetect generates nothing on SCLK

[kishores]

Hi guys,
I am trying to interface an IO expander MCP23017 with Nano Pi Neo2 . I am using Friendly ELEC's Ubuntu 16.04 OS .
I am able to enable I2C 0 on the device and can find a device /dev/i2c-0 on the system .

However , I am not able to find the IO expander device at address 0x22 when I run i2cdetect . I have checked the signals on respective SCLK and get absolutely nothing . What options do I have besides changing the OS ?

[NiHaoMike]

Do you have pullup resistors on the bus?

[kishores]

Yes . Even without the pullups I should be able to get some signal on them , right ?

[andersm]

Some boards need to load a device tree overlay, or adjust some other boot parameter to configure the I/O. I think FriendlyElec has a tool called "npi-config" that lets you enable and disable peripherals.

[mikerj]

Yes . Even without the pullups I should be able to get some signal on them , right ?

No, an I2C bus cannot operate without pull-ups.

[magic]

If SCLK is permanently LOW, try pullups. If it's permanently HIGH, it has to be something else.

Are you sure you are probing the right I2C bus and not, for example, some display output?

[nctnico]

SCLK is typically a naming convention for an SPI bus. On I2C you'd be looking for SCL (from SCL and SDA).

[BMK]

With A64 it is easy to miss that there are multiple I2C buses. I2Cdetect needs to be given the appropriate bus number.