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SAM7S Series [DATASHEET]
6175M–ATARM–26-Oct-12
29. Two-wire Interface (TWI) SAM7S512/256/128/64/321/32
NOTE: This definition of the TWI does not pertain to SAM7S16/161. For SAM7S16/161, see
Section 30.
29.1 Overview
The Two-wire Interface (TWI) interconnects components on a unique two-wire bus, made up of
one clock line and one data line with speeds of up to 400 Kbits per second, based on a byte-ori-
ented transfer format. It can be used with any Atmel Two-wire Interface bus Serial EEPROM and
I²C compatible device such as Real Time Clock (RTC), Dot Matrix/Graphic LCD Controllers and
Temperature Sensor, to name but a few. The TWI is programmable as master transmitter or
master receiver with sequential or single-byte access. A configurable baud rate generator per-
mits the output data rate to be adapted to a wide range of core clock frequencies. Below,
Table
29-1
lists the compatibility level of the Atmel Two-wire Interface and a full I2C compatible device.
Notes: 1. START + b000000001 + Ack + Sr
2. A repeated start condition is only supported in Master Receiver mode. See Section 29.6.5
“Internal Address” on page 301
29.2 List of Abbreviations
Table 29-1. Atmel TWI compatibility with i2C Standard
I2C Standard Atmel TWI
Standard Mode Speed (100 KHz) Supported
Fast Mode Speed (400 KHz) Supported
7 or 10 bits Slave Addressing Supported
START BYTE
(1)
Not Supported
Repeated Start (Sr) Condition Not Fully Supported
(2)
ACK and NACK Management Supported
Slope control and input filtering (Fast mode) Not Supported
Clock stretching Supported
Table 29-2. Abbreviations
Abbreviation Description
TWI Two-wire Interface
A Acknowledge
N Not Acknowledge
PStop
SStart
Sr Repeated Start
DADR Device Address
IADR Internal Address
RRead
WWrite