Faux I2C

This module provides a mock i2c interface for unit testing. It allows intercepting and testing of device i/o.

It isn't blackmagic. It just lets you emulate I2C manually in tests, so you can confirm that the data being sent and received by your device library is working as expected.

FauxI2C is modeled after Raspi-I2C.

Installation

NPM:

npm install --save-dev faux-i2c

Yarn:

yarn add --dev faux-i2c

Usage

Replace the I2C interface in your device library with an instance of FauxI2C.

Then, you can set the onRead and onWrite handlers to intercept those processes.

For example:

"use strict";
 
/**
 * Example I2C-enabled device class that reads and writes something over I2C
 */
class Device {
 
    constructor(options) {
        this.i2c = options.i2c;
        this.address = 0x42;
    }
 
    readSomething(callback) {
        const register = 0x01;
        const bytes = 2;
        this.i2c.read(this.address, register, bytes, (err, buffer) => {
            // Do something with the returned bytes
            callback(err, buffer);
        });
    }
 
    writeSomething(bytes, callback) {
        const register = 0x01;
        const buffer = Buffer.from(bytes);
        this.i2c.write(this.address, register, buffer, (err) => {
            // Do something after the write
            callback(err);
        });
    }
}
 
describe('Device', () => {
 
    const FauxI2C = require('faux-i2c');
 
    it('should do some reading', (done) => {
        let readCalled = false;
        const onRead = (address, register, byteCount, callback) => {
            readCalled = true;
            
            // Here, you can confirm your device is requesting what it should be
            // then send back emulated data, letting you test every scenario
            
            address.should.be.exactly(0x42);
            register.should.be.exactly(0x01);
            byteCount.should.be.exactly(2);
            callback(null, Buffer.from([0x01, 0x02]));
        };
 
        const i2c = new FauxI2C({ onRead });
        const device = new Device({ i2c });
 
        device.readSomething((err, buffer) => {
            should(err).not.be.ok();
            should(buffer).be.ok();
            buffer.length.should.be.exactly(2);
            buffer[0].should.be.exactly(0x01);
            buffer[1].should.be.exactly(0x02);
            readCalled.should.be.exactly(true);
            done();
        });
    });
 
    it('should do some writing', (done) => {
        let writeCalled = false;
        const onWrite = (address, register, buffer, callback) => {
            writeCalled = true;
            
            // Here, you can confirm your device is sending what it should be
            
            address.should.be.exactly(0x42);
            register.should.be.exactly(0x01);
            buffer.length.should.be.exactly(2);
            buffer[0].should.be.exactly(0x01);
            buffer[1].should.be.exactly(0x02);
            callback(null, Buffer.from([0x01, 0x02]));
        };
 
        const i2c = new FauxI2C({ onWrite });
        const device = new Device({ i2c });
 
        device.writeSomething([0x01, 0x02], (err) => {
            should(err).not.be.ok();
            writeCalled.should.be.exactly(true);
            done();
        });
    });
 
});

Contributing

If you find a bug or have suggestions, please open a pull request. Contributions are greatly appreciated.

To maintain standards, please ensure that contributions pass unit tests and has complete code coverage.

To run the tests:

npm run report

This script will run the unit tests, code quality and show code coverage. If you are lacking coverage, please see coverage/index.html to narrow down where your coverage is lacking.

License

TL;DR? see: http://www.tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license

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