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TWGCE is used to enable recognition of the general call address (0x00). There is an associated
address comparator that looks for the slave address (or general call address if enabled) in the
received serial address. If a match is found, an interrupt request is generated. If set, this bit
enables the recognition of a General Call given over the TWI Serial Bus.
18.7 Using the TWI
The AVR TWI is byte-oriented and interrupt based. Interrupts are issued after all bus events, like
reception of a byte or transmission of a START condition. Because the TWI is interrupt-based,
the application software is free to carry on other operations during a TWI byte transfer. Note that
the TWI Interrupt Enable (TWIE) bit in TWCR together with the Global Interrupt Enable bit in
SREG allow the application to decide whether or not assertion of the TWINT flag should gener-
ate an interrupt request. If the TWIE bit is cleared, the application must poll the TWINT flag in
order to detect actions on the TWI bus.
When the TWINT flag is asserted, the TWI has finished an operation and awaits application
response. In this case, the TWI Status Register (TWSR) contains a value indicating the current
state of the TWI bus. The application software can then decide how the TWI should behave in
the next TWI bus cycle by manipulating the TWCR and TWDR Registers.
Figure 18-10 is a simple example of how the application can interface to the TWI hardware. In
this example, a master wishes to transmit a single data byte to a slave. This description is quite
abstract, a more detailed explanation follows later in this section. A simple code example imple-
menting the desired behavior is also presented.
Figure 18-10. Interfacing the Application to the TWI in a Typical Transmission
1. The first step in a TWI transmission is to transmit a START condition. This is done by
writing a specific value into TWCR, instructing the TWI hardware to transmit a START
condition. Which value to write is described later on. However, it is important that the
TWINT bit is set in the value written. Writing a one to TWINT clears the flag. The TWI
will not start any operation as long as the TWINT bit in TWCR is set. Immediately after
START SLA+W A Data A STOP
1. Application
writes to TWCR
to initiate
transmission of
START.
2. TWINT set.
Status code indicates
START condition sent
4. TWINT set.
Status code indicates
SLA+W sendt,
ACK received
6. TWINT set.
Status code indicates
data sent,
ACK received
3. Check TWSR to see if
START was sent. Application
loads SLA+W into TWDR, and
loads appropriate control signals
into TWCR, making sure that
TWINT is written to one.
5. Check TWSR to see if SLA+W
was sent and ACK received.
Application loads data into TWDR,
and loads appropriate control signals
into TWCR, making sure that TWINT
is written to one.
7. Check TWSR to see if d
was sent and ACK received
Application loads appropr
control signals to send S
into TWCR, making sure th
TWINT is written to one.
TWI bus
Indicate
TWINT set
Application
Action
TWI
Hardware
Action