Once again this week, Yoctopuce welcomes two new additions to its collection of modules equipped with USB-C connectivity. They are the Yocto-I2C-C and the Yocto-GPS-V2-C, the USB-C equivalents of the Yocto-I2C and of the Yocto-GPS-V2. Let's take a closer look, shall we?
The Yocto-I2C-C
The I2C bus is a very popular way of making a micro-controller communicate with low-speed peripherals such as sensors, LED controllers, small memories, RTC, and so on. In fact, there are a multitude of integrated circuits with an I2C control interface, so if you take apart any digital device, there's a good chance for it to contain some I2C components. The Yocto-I2C-C therefore lets you control an I2C bus from a USB port. This means that you can interface I2C devices directly from your computer. To make life easier, the Yocto-I2C-C even provides a small 1.8V and 3.3V power supply to power your I2C devices.
What's more, the Yocto-I2C-C features an on-board job system that enables the module, for example, to automatically querry an I2C sensor and present the result in the same way as a conventional Yoctopuce sensor. This enables you to benefit from all the little perks offered by Yoctopuce sensors: provision of a datalogger, Yocto-Visualization, MQTT, Home Assistant integration, and so on.
But it's not all magic. To be able to use the Yocto-I2C-C, you'll need to know how an I2C protocol works, even if it means studying the documentation that explains it all in detail.
The Yocto-I2C-C with its attractive USB type C connector
In terms of price, we've realized that our manufacturing costs for the Yocto-I2C have come down, so we've lowered its price from CHF 53.40 to CHF 46.00 and set the Yocto-I2C-C at CHF 46.20.
The Yocto-GPS-V2-C
The Yocto-GPS-V2-C is a small combined GPS, Galileo, and Glonass receiver. It is based on a U-blox NEO-M8Q GPS chip. Provided there are enough satellites visible above it, it gives you its geographical position, ground speed, and time. All that at a frequency of 10Hz. In theory, it also gives you its altitude, but we wouldn't count on it too much if we were you, as GPS altitude measures are notoriously inaccurate.
The Yocto-GPS-V2-C has a Micro-UFL connector to which you can connect the small Molex antenna supplied with the module, as well as any other active GPS antenna of your choice, even if you have to use an adapter like the UFL-SMA-F-10.
The Yocto-GPS-V2-C, it is supplied with a small Molex active antenna
The Yocto-GPS-V2-C is priced at CHF 99.20, which is similar to the Micro-B version.
Conclusion
Two additional ones... we are getting there... :-)
