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µVision4 User's Guide

I²C Concepts

The I²C bus is available on several ARM7, ARM9, Cortex-Mx, 8051, 251, and C16x, XE16x, and XC20x devices and can be implemented in different ways:

  • as I²C serial port with hardware implemented master and slave functions (as in NXP 80C552, 558, and several Atmel devices).
  • as combined SPI/I²C interface with hardware implemented slave and software-based master functions (as in Analog Devices ADuC812, ADuC824 and several other devices).
  • as single bit hardware for software-based master and slave support (as in NXP 8xC75x and NXP LPC series, described in NXP AN422 available from the NXP web page).
  • using the High-Speed Serial Interface of the Infineon C16x, XE16x, and XC20x family for simulation of the I²C bus (described in the Infineon AppNote AP1626).
  • as software-based simulation of an I²C bus master device. This can be implemented in any 8051 or C16x device by using two unused I/O pins as SCL and SDA pins. These I/O pins are controlled by software only.

The following I²C Simulation applies to devices with an I²C interface.

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