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33.8 Master Mode
33.8.1 Definition
The Master is the device that starts a transfer, generates a clock and stops it.
33.8.2 Application Block Diagram
Figure 33-5. Master Mode Typical Application Block Diagram
33.8.3 Programming Master Mode
The following registers have to be programmed before entering Master mode:
1. DADR (+ IADRSZ + IADR if a 10 bit device is addressed): The device address is used to access slave
devices in read or write mode.
2. CKDIV + CHDIV + CLDIV: Clock Waveform.
3. SVDIS: Disable the slave mode.
4. MSEN: Enable the master mode.
33.8.4 Master Transmitter Mode
After the master initiates a Start condition when writing into the Transmit Holding Register, TWI_THR, it sends a 7-
bit slave address, configured in the Master Mode register (DADR in TWI_MMR), to notify the slave device. The bit
following the slave address indicates the transfer direction, 0 in this case (MREAD = 0 in TWI_MMR).
The TWI transfers require the slave to acknowledge each received byte. During the acknowledge clock pulse (9th
pulse), the master releases the data line (HIGH), enabling the slave to pull it down in order to generate the
acknowledge. The master polls the data line during this clock pulse and sets the Not Acknowledge bit (NACK) in
the status register if the slave does not acknowledge the byte. As with the other status bits, an interrupt can be
generated if enabled in the interrupt enable register (TWI_IER). If the slave acknowledges the byte, the data
written in the TWI_THR, is then shifted in the internal shifter and transferred. When an acknowledge is detected,
the TXRDY bit is set until a new write in the TWI_THR.
TXRDY is used as Transmit Ready for the PDC transmit channel.
Host with
TWI
Interface
TWD
TWCK
Atmel TWI
Serial EEPROM
I²C RTC
I²C LCD
Controller
Slave 1 Slave 2 Slave 3
VDD
I²C Temp.
Sensor
Slave 4
Rp: Pull up value as given by the I²C Standard
Rp Rp