Hi!
I am using SerDes MAX96717F Ser and MAX96714F Des (MAXIM INTEGRATED) along with raspberry pi 4. I want to display the image on raspberry pi using MIPI camera connected to Serializer.
While following some tutorial, I get stuck where i have to check either the i2c detects the devices or not. So i get an empty grid. What can be the issue here??
I am new to SerDes.
Thank you.
Did you enable the i2c interface in RPi 4?
sudo raspi-config
go to Interface options -> I2C 
Once you wire up the SDA (pin 3), SCL (pin 5). You can run i2cdetect tool to check the device is available.
(Pin-out reference : https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/images/GPIO-Pinout-Diagram-2.png?hash=df7d7847c57a1ca6d5b2617695de6d46)
i2cdetect -y 1
If you don't see the address of the I2C slave device ( in your case MAX96717F ) Then you check any thing is wrong from the MAX96717F board side.
Regards,
Aswin
According to the datasheet
https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/max96717f.pdf
Voltage at the CFG0 pin decides the interface I2C/UART
Please make sure that your board has these pin voltage set as per the table.
I can't see the connection between RPi and MAX96717. I assume you are connecting them using some jumper cables.
Note : The voltage divider required for configuring the voltage across pin CFG0 is controlled via a digital potentiometer IC (MAX5419)
If this was not properly set you wont get the I2C access. You can either download the eval solftware and configure the voltage there
or
Remove 0E resister R150 and place it at R20. This will enable the on-board potential divider( R15, R79) to control the CFG0 voltage.
either you can wire up the I2C using MAX96717F board or from GMSL EVKIT RPI ADAPTER.
In GMSL EVKIT RPI ADAPTER P17 can be used for the same.
Try this
For configuration purpose, Yes! But you can connect them to the same I2C pins of RPi. You can access it from J4 of MAX96714F BAK.
