Hi Frida,
many thanks for the suggestion!
Using the instruction you have suggested the "Hello World!" example works
properly using either "direct connection" or pull up resistors between signal lines.
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Have you tried:
it seems you have a PCF8574A which have
address 0x7E, shifted right it is 0x3F