Atmel Evaluation Kit AT91SAM9X35-EK AT91SAM9X35-EK Data Sheet

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SAM9X35 [DATASHEET]

11055E–ATARM–10-Mar-2014

The data put on the TWD line must be 8 bits long. Data is transferred MSB first; each byte must be followed by an
acknowledgement. The number of bytes per transfer is unlimited (see 

Each transfer begins with a START condition and terminates with a STOP condition (see 

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A high-to-low transition on the TWD line while TWCK is high defines the START condition.

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A low-to-high transition on the TWD line while TWCK is high defines a STOP condition.

The TWI has different modes of operations:

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Master transmitter mode

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Master receiver mode

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Multi-master transmitter mode

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Multi-master receiver mode

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Slave transmitter mode

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Slave receiver mode

These modes are described in the following chapters.

TWD

TWCK

Start

Stop

TWD

TWCK

Start

Address

R/W

Ack

Data

Ack

Data

Ack

Stop