UM10503
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User manual
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NXP Semiconductors
UM10503
Chapter 43: LPC43xx I2C-bus interface
43.4 Applications
Interfaces to external I
2
C standard parts, such as serial RAMs, LCDs, tone generators,
other microcontrollers, etc.
43.5 General description
A typical I
2
C-bus configuration is shown in
. Depending on the state of the
direction bit (R/W), two types of data transfers are possible on the I
2
C-bus:
•
Data transfer from a master transmitter to a slave receiver. The first byte transmitted
by the master is the slave address. Next follows a number of data bytes. The slave
returns an acknowledge bit after each received byte.
•
Data transfer from a slave transmitter to a master receiver. The first byte (the slave
address) is transmitted by the master. The slave then returns an acknowledge bit.
Next follows the data bytes transmitted by the slave to the master. The master returns
an acknowledge bit after all received bytes other than the last byte. At the end of the
last received byte, a “not acknowledge” is returned. The master device generates all
of the serial clock pulses and the START and STOP conditions. A transfer is ended
with a STOP condition or with a Repeated START condition. Since a Repeated
START condition is also the beginning of the next serial transfer, the I
2
C bus will not
be released.
The I
2
C interface is byte oriented and has four operating modes: master transmitter mode,
master receiver mode, slave transmitter mode and slave receiver mode.
The I
2
C interface complies with the entire I
2
C specification, supporting the ability to turn
power off to the processor without interfering with other devices on the same I
2
C-bus.
Fig 158. I
2
C-bus configuration
OTHER DEVICE WITH
I
2
C INTERFACE
pull-up
resistor
OTHER DEVICE WITH
I
2
C INTERFACE
LPC43xx
SDA
SCL
I
2
C bus
SCL
SDA
pull-up
resistor