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4.2 KiB
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120 lines
4.2 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 1998, Nicolas Souchu
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd August 6, 1998
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.Dt IICBUS 4
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.Os FreeBSD
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm iicbus
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.Nd
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I2C bus system
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd "device iicbus"
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.Cd "device iicbb"
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.Pp
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.Cd "device iic"
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.Cd "device ic"
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.Cd "device iicsmb"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Em iicbus
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system provides a uniform, modular and architecture-independent
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system for the implementation of drivers to control various I2C devices
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and to utilize different I2C controllers.
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.Sh I2C
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I2C is an acronym for Inter Integrated Circuit bus.
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The I2C bus was developed
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in the early 1980's by Philips semiconductors.
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It's purpose was to provide an
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easy way to connect a CPU to peripheral chips in a TV-set.
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.Pp
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The BUS physically consists of 2 active wires and a ground connection.
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The active wires, SDA and SCL, are both bidirectional.
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Where SDA is the
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Serial DAta line and SCL is the Serial CLock line.
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.Pp
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Every component hooked up to the bus has its own unique address whether it
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is a CPU, LCD driver, memory, or complex function chip.
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Each of these chips
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can act as a receiver and/or transmitter depending on its functionality.
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Obviously an LCD driver is only a receiver, while a memory or I/O chip can
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both be transmitter and receiver.
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Furthermore there may be one or
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more BUS MASTERs.
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.Pp
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The BUS MASTER is the chip issuing the commands on the BUS.
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In the I2C protocol
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specification it is stated that the IC that initiates a data transfer on the
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bus is considered the BUS MASTER.
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At that time all the others are regarded to
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as the BUS SLAVEs.
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As mentioned before, the IC bus is a Multi-MASTER BUS.
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This means that more than one IC capable of initiating data transfer can be
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connected to it.
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.Sh DEVICES
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Some I2C device drivers are available:
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.Pp
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.Bl -column "Device drivers" -compact
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.It Em Devices Ta Em Description
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.It Sy iic Ta "general i/o operation"
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.It Sy ic Ta "network IP interface"
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.It Sy iicsmb Ta "I2C to SMB software bridge"
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.El
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.Sh INTERFACES
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The I2C protocol may be implemented by hardware or software.
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Software
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interfaces rely on very simple hardware, usually two lines
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twiddled by 2 registers.
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Hardware interfaces are more intelligent and receive
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8-bit characters they write to the bus according to the I2C protocol.
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.Pp
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I2C interfaces may act on the bus as slave devices, allowing spontaneous
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bidirectional communications, thanks to the multi-master capabilities of the
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I2C protocol.
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.Pp
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Some I2C interfaces are available:
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.Pp
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.Bl -column "Interface drivers" -compact
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.It Em Interface Ta Em Description
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.It Sy pcf Ta "Philips PCF8584 master/slave interface"
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.It Sy iicbb Ta "generic bit-banging master-only driver"
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.It Sy lpbb Ta "parallel port specific bit-banging interface"
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.It Sy bktr Ta "Brooktree848 video chipset, hardware and software master-only interface"
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr iicbb 4 ,
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.Xr lpbb 4 ,
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.Xr pcf 4
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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manual page first appeared in
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.Fx 3.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This
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manual page was written by
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.An Nicolas Souchu .
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