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22.4. Using the SMBus
The SMBus can operate in both Master and Slave modes. The interface provides timing and shifting con-
trol for serial transfers; higher level protocol is determined by user software. The SMBus interface provides
the following application-independent features:
• Byte-wise serial data transfers
• Clock signal generation on SCL (Master Mode only) and SDA data synchronization
• Timeout/bus error recognition, as defined by the SMB0CF configuration register
• START/STOP timing, detection, and generation
• Bus arbitration
• Interrupt generation
• Status information
• Optional hardware recognition of slave address and automatic acknowledgement of address/data
SMBus interrupts are generated for each data byte or slave address that is transferred. When hardware
acknowledgement is disabled, the point at which the interrupt is generated depends on whether the
hardware is acting as a data transmitter or receiver. When a transmitter (i.e., sending address/data,
receiving an ACK), this interrupt is generated after the ACK cycle so that software may read the received
ACK value; when receiving data (i.e., receiving address/data, sending an ACK), this interrupt is generated
before the ACK cycle so that software may define the outgoing ACK value. If hardware acknowledgement
is enabled, these interrupts are always generated after the ACK cycle. See Section 22.5 for more details
on transmission sequences.
Interrupts are also generated to indicate the beginning of a transfer when a master (START generated), or
the end of a transfer when a slave (STOP detected). Software should read the SMB0CN (SMBus Control
register) to find the cause of the SMBus interrupt. The SMB0CN register is described in Section 22.4.2;
Table 22.5 provides a quick SMB0CN decoding reference.
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