diff --git a/src/sfTk/sfTkIBus.h b/src/sfTk/sfTkIBus.h
index 5536dff..7cf9228 100644
--- a/src/sfTk/sfTkIBus.h
+++ b/src/sfTk/sfTkIBus.h
@@ -462,10 +462,11 @@ class sfTkIBus
      * @param data The data to buffer to read into
      * @param numBytes The length of the data buffer
      * @param readBytes[out] The number of bytes read
+     * @param read_delay After sending the address, delay in milliseconds before reading the data
      * @return sfTkError_t Returns ksfTkErrOk on success, or ksfTkErrFail code
      */
     virtual sfTkError_t readRegister(uint8_t *devReg, size_t regLength, uint8_t *data, size_t numBytes,
-                                     size_t &readBytes) = 0;
+                                     size_t &readBytes, uint32_t read_delay = 0) = 0;
     /**--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      *  @brief Read a single byte from the given register
      *
diff --git a/src/sfTk/sfTkISerialBus.h b/src/sfTk/sfTkISerialBus.h
index 0ece81d..085e41a 100644
--- a/src/sfTk/sfTkISerialBus.h
+++ b/src/sfTk/sfTkISerialBus.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "sfTkError.h"
 #include "sfTkIBus.h"
 #include "sfTkISerial.h"
+#include "sfToolkit.h"
 // clang-format on
 
 const uint8_t ksfTkBusTypeSerialBus = 0x03;
@@ -81,24 +82,30 @@ class sfTkISerialBus : sfTkIBus
      * @param data The data to buffer to read into
      * @param numBytes The length of the data buffer
      * @param readBytes[out] The number of bytes read
+     * @param read_delay After sending the address, delay in milliseconds before reading the data
      * @return sfTkError_t Returns ksfTkErrOk on success, or ksfTkErrFail code
      */
     virtual sfTkError_t readRegister(uint8_t *devReg, size_t regLength, uint8_t *data, size_t numBytes,
-                                     size_t &readBytes) override
+                                     size_t &readBytes, uint32_t read_delay = 0) override
     {
         // Buffer valid?
         if (!data)
             return ksfTkErrBusNullBuffer;
 
+        if (devReg == nullptr || regLength == 0)
+            return ksfTkErrInvalidParam;
+
         sfTkError_t retVal = ksfTkErrOk;
 
         // Do we have a register? If so, write it, else skip.
-        if (devReg != nullptr && regLength > 0)
-            retVal = write(devReg, regLength);
+        retVal = write(devReg, regLength);
 
         if (retVal != ksfTkErrOk)
             return retVal;
 
+        if (read_delay)
+            sftk_delay_ms(read_delay);
+
         // Read the data.
         retVal = read(data, numBytes, readBytes);
 
diff --git a/src/sfTkArdI2C.cpp b/src/sfTkArdI2C.cpp
index 422ffa8..ec9743b 100644
--- a/src/sfTkArdI2C.cpp
+++ b/src/sfTkArdI2C.cpp
@@ -138,10 +138,11 @@ sfTkError_t sfTkArdI2C::writeRegister(uint8_t *devReg, size_t regLength, const u
  * @param data The data to buffer to read into
  * @param numBytes The length of the data buffer
  * @param readBytes[out] The number of bytes read
+ * @param read_delay After sending the address, delay in milliseconds before reading the data
  * @return sfTkError_t Returns ksfTkErrOk on success, or ksfTkErrFail code
  */
 sfTkError_t sfTkArdI2C::readRegister(uint8_t *devReg, size_t regLength, uint8_t *data, size_t numBytes,
-                                     size_t &readBytes)
+                                     size_t &readBytes, uint32_t read_delay)
 {
     // got port
     if (!_i2cPort)
@@ -151,6 +152,9 @@ sfTkError_t sfTkArdI2C::readRegister(uint8_t *devReg, size_t regLength, uint8_t
     if (!data)
         return ksfTkErrBusNullBuffer;
 
+    if (devReg == nullptr || regLength == 0)
+        return ksfTkErrInvalidParam;
+
     readBytes = 0;
 
     uint16_t nOrig = numBytes; // original number of bytes.
@@ -171,6 +175,10 @@ sfTkError_t sfTkArdI2C::readRegister(uint8_t *devReg, size_t regLength, uint8_t
                 return ksfTkErrFail; // error with the end transmission
 
             bFirstInter = false;
+
+            // Was a delay requested between write addr and read bytes
+            if (read_delay > 0)
+                delay(read_delay);
         }
 
         // We're chunking in data - keeping the max chunk to kMaxI2CBufferLength
diff --git a/src/sfTkArdI2C.h b/src/sfTkArdI2C.h
index e24a494..8ab38b7 100644
--- a/src/sfTkArdI2C.h
+++ b/src/sfTkArdI2C.h
@@ -115,9 +115,11 @@ class sfTkArdI2C : public sfTkII2C
      * @param data Pointer to the buffer where the read data will be stored.
      * @param numBytes Number of bytes to read from the register.
      * @param readBytes Reference to a variable where the number of bytes actually read will be stored.
+     * @param read_delay After sending the address, delay in milliseconds before reading the data
      * @return sfTkError_t Error code indicating the success or failure of the read operation.
      */
-    sfTkError_t readRegister(uint8_t *devReg, size_t regLength, uint8_t *data, size_t numBytes, size_t &readBytes);
+    sfTkError_t readRegister(uint8_t *devReg, size_t regLength, uint8_t *data, size_t numBytes, size_t &readBytes,
+                             uint32_t read_delay = 0);
     // Buffer size chunk getter/setter
     /**
         @brief set the buffer chunk size
diff --git a/src/sfTkArdSPI.cpp b/src/sfTkArdSPI.cpp
index 0434df8..40b62ab 100644
--- a/src/sfTkArdSPI.cpp
+++ b/src/sfTkArdSPI.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ sfTkError_t sfTkArdSPI::writeRegister(uint16_t devReg, const uint16_t *data, siz
 // Returns ksfTkErrOk on success
 //
 sfTkError_t sfTkArdSPI::readRegister(uint8_t *devReg, size_t regLength, uint8_t *data, size_t numBytes,
-                                     size_t &readBytes)
+                                     size_t &readBytes, uint32_t read_delay)
 {
 
     if (!_spiPort)
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ sfTkError_t sfTkArdSPI::readRegister(uint8_t *devReg, size_t regLength, uint8_t
         _spiPort->endTransaction();
         return ksfTkErrInvalidParam;
     }
+    // Was a delay requested between write addr and read bytes
+    if (read_delay > 0)
+        delay(read_delay);
 
     // data now!
     for (size_t i = 0; i < numBytes; i++)
diff --git a/src/sfTkArdSPI.h b/src/sfTkArdSPI.h
index 1998adc..3b42bbe 100644
--- a/src/sfTkArdSPI.h
+++ b/src/sfTkArdSPI.h
@@ -148,9 +148,11 @@ class sfTkArdSPI : public sfTkISPI
      * @param data Pointer to the buffer where the read data will be stored.
      * @param numBytes Number of bytes to read from the register.
      * @param readBytes Reference to a variable where the number of bytes actually read will be stored.
+     * @param read_delay After sending the address, delay in milliseconds before reading the data
      * @return sfTkError_t Error code indicating the success or failure of the read operation.
      */
-    sfTkError_t readRegister(uint8_t *devReg, size_t regLength, uint8_t *data, size_t numBytes, size_t &readBytes);
+    sfTkError_t readRegister(uint8_t *devReg, size_t regLength, uint8_t *data, size_t numBytes, size_t &readBytes,
+                             uint32_t read_delay = 0);
 
     /**
         @brief Reads a block of data from the given register.