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02/15/10 11:42
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 +1 Informative		 #173171 - I2C Could be made to work.
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I2C could be made to work. You may find the 2-wire type bus to be ideal.

All that said I would seriously suggest that instead of implementing I2C you implement the SMBus standard. It is similar to I2C but has a substantial improvement for use in going over cables and board to board. SMBus protocol calls for a hold time of 300nsec on the SDA line after the falling edge of SCL from the driving entity. The older I2C has the timing for this hold time specified at 0 nsec and when cables distort and slow the timing on the 2-wire bus you can run into big problems of bus transactions not being recognized or transferring incorrect data.

Michael Karas


List of 31 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Bus between modules            01/01/70 00:00      
   Questions            01/01/70 00:00      
      RS-485?            01/01/70 00:00      
         RS-485 or CAN would both work            01/01/70 00:00      
      Answers to questions            01/01/70 00:00      
         Check sum not good enough            01/01/70 00:00      
            Noise            01/01/70 00:00      
               has to work is on stage (music).            01/01/70 00:00      
                  MIDI/DMX            01/01/70 00:00      
                     capacitance, capacitance, capacitance            01/01/70 00:00      
                        I2C feasible ....            01/01/70 00:00      
         Replies to quesitons in answers!            01/01/70 00:00      
         UART            01/01/70 00:00      
            SPI-to-UART with Drivers!            01/01/70 00:00      
               A confession            01/01/70 00:00      
            Not necessarily            01/01/70 00:00      
               Controller type            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I just have [not] decided yet.            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Chips with two UARTS            01/01/70 00:00      
                         not true            01/01/70 00:00      
                           P89LPC952            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Let's assume I'm going to use a UART.            01/01/70 00:00      
                              did you try here?            01/01/70 00:00      
   I2C Could be made to work.            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: SMBus            01/01/70 00:00      
         so does SMB            01/01/70 00:00      
            For the sake of completeness            01/01/70 00:00      
               not really            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I see            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Timeouts and Hold Times.            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Specifications!            01/01/70 00:00      

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