+from adafruit_blinka.agnostic import board_id, detector
+import adafruit_platformdetect.board as ap_board
+
+class I2C(Lockable):
+    def __init__(self, scl, sda, frequency=400000):
+        self.init(scl, sda, frequency)
+
+    def init(self, scl, sda, frequency):
+        self.deinit()
+        if detector.board.ftdi_ft232h:
+            from adafruit_blinka.microcontroller.ft232h.i2c import I2C
+            self._i2c = I2C()
+            return
+        elif detector.board.binho_nova:
+            from adafruit_blinka.microcontroller.nova.i2c import I2C
+            self._i2c = I2C()
+            return
+        elif detector.board.any_embedded_linux:
+            from adafruit_blinka.microcontroller.generic_linux.i2c import I2C as _I2C
+        else:
+            from machine import I2C as _I2C
+        from microcontroller.pin import i2cPorts
+        for portId, portScl, portSda in i2cPorts:
+            try:
+                if scl == portScl and sda == portSda:
+                    self._i2c = _I2C(portId, mode=_I2C.MASTER, baudrate=frequency)
+                    break
+            except RuntimeError:
+                pass
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "No Hardware I2C on (scl,sda)={}\nValid I2C ports: {}".format((scl, sda), i2cPorts)
+            )
+
+        self._lock = threading.RLock()
+
+    def deinit(self):
+        try:
+            del self._i2c
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self._lock.acquire()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
+        self._lock.release()
+        self.deinit()
+
+    def scan(self):
+        return self._i2c.scan()
+
+    def readfrom_into(self, address, buffer, *, start=0, end=None):
+        if start is not 0 or end is not None:
+            if end is None:
+                end = len(buffer)
+            buffer = memoryview(buffer)[start:end]
+        stop = True  # remove for efficiency later
+        return self._i2c.readfrom_into(address, buffer, stop=stop)
+
+    def writeto(self, address, buffer, *, start=0, end=None, stop=True):
+        if isinstance(buffer, str):
+            buffer = bytes([ord(x) for x in buffer])
+        if start is not 0 or end is not None:
+            if end is None:
+                return self._i2c.writeto(address, memoryview(buffer)[start:], stop=stop)
+            else:
+                return self._i2c.writeto(address, memoryview(buffer)[start:end], stop=stop)
+        return self._i2c.writeto(address, buffer, stop=stop)