Features
- Bidirectional,
Two-Wire Communication Interface
- Philips I2C
compatible:
- Standard mode
(Sm/100 kHz with slew-rate limited output)
- Fast mode
(Fm/400 kHz with slew-rate limited output)
- Fast mode plus
(Fm+/1 MHz with ×10 output drive strength)
- System Management
Bus (SMBus) Compatible (100 kHz with Slew-Rate Limited Output):
- Support
arbitration between start/repeated start and data bit
- Slave
arbitration allows support for the Address Resolution Protocol
(ARP)
- Configurable
SMBus Layer 1 time-outs in hardware
- Independent Master
and Slave Operation:
- Single or
multi-master bus operation with full arbitration support
- Flexible Slave
Address Match Hardware Operating in All Sleep Modes, Including
Power-Down:
- 7-bit and
general call address recognition
- 10-bit
addressing support in collaboration with software
- Address mask
register allows address range masking - alternatively, it can
be used as a secondary address match
- Optional
software address recognition for an unlimited number of
addresses
- Input Filter For
Bus Noise Suppression