I2C Communication Protocol

(I2C/IIC/TWI)
Inter Integrated Circuit bus
Introduction
 Invented by Philips in order to attach low speed
peripherals.
 Two wire interface (Serial Data-SDA, Serial
Clock-SCL).
 7-Bit addressing space.
 Master-slave operation.
 10 KHz Low Speed, 100 KHz Standard Speed,
400 KHz Fast Mode, 3.4 High Speed Mode)
 Multiple devices on the same bus.
Operation Modes
 Master Device:
 Master transmit.
 Master receive.
 Slave Device:
 Slave transmit.
 Slave receive.
 Multiple masters possible.
 The Communication Protocol
Write to device:
 Send Start Sequence
 Write I2C device address (R/W
Bit Low)
 Write device register address
 Send data byte
 Send stop sequence
Read from device:
 Send Start Sequence
 Write I2C device address
(R/W Bit High)
 Write device register address
 Resend Start Sequence
 Write device
 Send stop sequence
Communication Example