[Wire]
Description
Reads a byte that was transmitted from a slave device to a master after a call to requestFrom() or was transmitted from a master to a slave.
read()
inherits from the Stream utility class.
Syntax
Wire.read()
Parameters
none
Returns
The next byte received
Example
#include <Wire.h> void setup() { Wire.begin(); // join i2c bus (address optional for master) Serial.begin(9600); // start serial for output } void loop() { Wire.requestFrom(2, 6); // request 6 bytes from slave device #2 while(Wire.available()) // slave may send less than requested { char c = Wire.read(); // receive a byte as character Serial.print(c); // print the character } delay(500); }
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