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18.4.8 I
2
C MASTER MODE START
CONDITION TIMING
To initiate a Start condition, the user sets the Start
Condition Enable bit, SEN (SSPCON2<0>). If the SDA
and SCL pins are sampled high, the Baud Rate Gener-
ator is reloaded with the contents of SSPADD<6:0>
and starts its count. If SCL and SDA are both sampled
high when the Baud Rate Generator times out (T
BRG),
the SDA pin is driven low. The action of the SDA being
driven low while SCL is high is the Start condition and
causes the S bit (SSPSTAT<3>) to be set. Following
this, the Baud Rate Generator is reloaded with the
contents of SSPADD<6:0> and resumes its count.
When the Baud Rate Generator times out (T
BRG), the
SEN bit (SSPCON2<0>) will be automatically cleared
by hardware, the Baud Rate Generator is suspended,
leaving the SDA line held low and the Start condition is
complete.
18.4.8.1 WCOL Status Flag
If the user writes the SSPBUF when a Start sequence
is in progress, the WCOL is set and the contents of the
buffer are unchanged (the write doesn’t occur).
FIGURE 18-19: FIRST START BIT TIMING
Note: If, at the beginning of the Start condition,
the SDA and SCL pins are already sam-
pled low, or if during the Start condition,
the SCL line is sampled low before the
SDA line is driven low, a bus collision
occurs, the Bus Collision Interrupt Flag,
BCLIF, is set, the Start condition is aborted
and the I
2
C module is reset into its Idle
state.
Note: Because queueing of events is not
allowed, writing to the lower 5 bits of
SSPCON2 is disabled until the Start
condition is complete.
SDA
SCL
S
TBRG
1st bit
2nd bit
TBRG
SDA = 1,
At completion of Start bit,
SCL = 1
Write to SSPBUF occurs here
TBRG
hardware clears SEN bit
TBRG
Write to SEN bit occurs here
Set S bit (SSPSTAT<3>)
and sets SSPIF bit