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allenhuffman
Joined: 17 Jun 2019
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Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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| TIP: I2C standard 7-bit addresses versus CCS 8-bit addresses |
 Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:40 am |
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I am just posting this here in case others stumble upon this when first learning I2C.
The I2C addressing standard is a 7-bit address. Datasheets will often show it like this:
| Code: | 1000 000
1000 001
1000 010 |
Or just...
| Code: | 1000000
1000001
1000010
1000101 |
On the wire, that address is the sent as 7-bits (address) followed by 1-bit (direction- read or write).
| Code: | aaaaaaad -- 7-bit address/direction bit
--------
10000101 |
Thus, a standard 7-bit address of "1000101" goes out on the wire as:
| Code: | aaaaaaad - 7-bit address/direction bit
--------
10001010 - write to 1000101
10001011 - read from 1000101 |
If I2C things aren't working, check to see how many bits the datasheet is providing. If it is 7-bits, you need to shift them to the left one bit before passing them into the CCS I2C routines.
For example, a part I am adding support for shows 7-bit addresses. I cannot use that address with the I2C functions since they expect an 8-bit address. You can manually shift them over or use a simple macro like this:
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#define I2C7BITADDRESS(addr) (addr<<1)
i2c_slaveaddr( I2C7BITADDRESS(MYDEV7BITADDRESS) ); |
This allows you to use the 7-bit I2C addresses defined by the datasheet with the CCS code that expects an 8-bit address.
If you find this note in the future, and it helps solve an issue, please leave a reply ;-)
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temtronic
Joined: 01 Jul 2010
Posts: 9226
Location: Greensville,Ontario
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:14 pm |
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Ok, I admit, I'm getting old(67) and cranky... but...
I've never understood the logic ( no pun intended) of the 7 bit address for I2C and I remember when Philips brought it out....
You either READ or WRITE to a device which dictates that 8th bit be used.....
Most computers use 8 bits , a byte, as a 'building block', either as a port size or memory width or UART data qty.... it's kind of a 'universally' understood concept..... |
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Ttelmah
Joined: 11 Mar 2010
Posts: 19513
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:29 pm |
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It's wrong really to say 'CCS' in the heading for this, is is the PIC that
does this. In fact though something like 90% of chips also do this which
is why most peripherals now give the 8 bit address format, not the 7 bit
format. The important thing is to distinguish the 'I2C address', from the
'address byte'. The 'address byte' is the 7bit 'I2C address', followed by
the direction flag. The PIC (and CCS), always works with this byte.
Most data sheets now tend to give both the I2C address, and the
corresponding address byte. |
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