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Characteristics Of The I
2
C Bus
DSP56366 24-Bit Digital Signal Processor User Manual, Rev. 4
7-18 Freescale Semiconductor
Figure 7-9 Acknowledgment on the I
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C Bus
A device generating a signal is called a transmitter, and a device receiving a signal is called a receiver. A
device controlling a signal is called a master and devices controlled by the master are called slaves. A
master receiver must signal an end-of-data to the slave transmitter by not generating an acknowledge on
the last byte clocked out of the slave device. In this case the transmitter must leave the data line high to
enable the master to generate the stop event. Handshaking may also be accomplished by using the clock
synchronizing mechanism. Slave devices can hold the SCL line low, after receiving and acknowledging a
byte, to force the master into a wait state until the slave device is ready for the next byte transfer. The SHI
supports this feature when operating as a master device and waits until the slave device releases the SCL
line before proceeding with the data transfer.
7.6.2 I
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C Data Transfer Formats
I
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C bus data transfers follow the following process: after the start event, a slave device address is sent. The
address consists of seven address bits and an eighth bit as a data direction bit (R/W). In the data direction
bit, zero indicates a transmission (write), and one indicates a request for data (read). A data transfer is
always terminated by a stop event generated by the master device. However, if the master device still
wishes to communicate on the bus, it can generate another start event, and address another slave device
without first generating a stop event (the SHI does not support this feature when operating as an I
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C master
device). This method is also used to provide indivisible data transfers. Various combinations of read/write
formats are illustrated in Figure 7-10 and Figure 7-11.
Figure 7-10 I
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C Bus Protocol For Host Write Cycle
Start
Event
Clock Pulse For
Acknowledgment
S
12 89
SCL From
Master Device
Data Output
by Transmitter
Data Output
by Receiver
AA0424
SAA0Slave Address
R/W
S, PA
Start
Start or
Bit Stop Bit
Slave Device
ACK from
Slave Device
ACK from
Slave Device
ACK from
N = 0 to M
Data Bytes
First Data Byte Data Byte
AA0425