I2C error (Please check if the I2C device insert in I2C of Base Hat)

[duart38]

I'm getting this I2C error which I can't seem to figure out why:

raceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/seeed_si114x.py", line 296, in _ReadByte
    read_data = self.bus.read_byte_data(self.addr,Reg)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/smbus2/smbus2.py", line 433, in read_byte_data
    ioctl(self.fd, I2C_SMBUS, msg)
OSError: [Errno 121] Remote I/O error

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pi/logic/./tests/sunlight_test.py", line 16, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/pi/logic/./tests/sunlight_test.py", line 7, in main
    SI1145 = seeed_si114x.grove_si114x()
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/seeed_si114x.py", line 184, in __init__
    assert self.Begin() , "Please check if the I2C device insert in I2C of Base Hat"
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/seeed_si114x.py", line 194, in Begin
    if self._ReadByte(SI114X_PART_ID) != 0X45:
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/seeed_si114x.py", line 298, in _ReadByte
    raise  OSError("Please check if the I2C device insert in I2C of Base Hat")
OSError: Please check if the I2C device insert in I2C of Base Hat
Exception ignored in: <function grove_si114x.__del__ at 0xb659cad8>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/seeed_si114x.py", line 186, in __del__
    self._WriteByte(SI114X_COMMAND, SI114X_RESET)
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/seeed_si114x.py", line 306, in _WriteByte
    raise OSError("Please check if the I2C device insert in I2C of Base Hat")
OSError: Please check if the I2C device insert in I2C of Base Hat

The code I'm running is from: https://github.com/Seeed-Studio/Seeed_Python_SI114X/blob/master/examples/BasicRead.py but the error message indicates that it's within this library? (please correct me if I'm wrong)

• I found some sources claiming that the "OSError: Please check if the I2C device insert in I2C of Base Hat" is due to incorrect wiring but I don't see how this would be the case when using the Pi hat..
• I've checked with "i2cdetect -y 1" to make sure the device is recognised (it is)
• The above error ("OSError: [Errno 121] Remote I/O error") goes away when I type in the I2C device address manually (in my case 0x53), but the bottom error ("OSError: Please check if the I2C device insert in I2C of Base Hat") remains..
• I'm using this module from grove: https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/Grove-Sunlight_Sensor/
• I've tried clean-installing from scratch and only downloading the required libs for the hat+sensor
• I've also tried installing from source (this repo) instead of fetching directly from pip
• I've tried using a different Pi (same specs) just to be sure it's not an issue with my pi

Unfortunately I don't have any other I2C devices I can try.

i2cdetect -y 1 output:

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
00:                         08 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
50: -- -- -- 53 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --   

I'm running raspbian 11 (bullseye) on a raspberry pi 4