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This configuration statement defines the SCL and SDA pins of an I2C multibus.

 

 

 

Syntax

CONFIG I2CBUS= bus , SCL=scl , SDA=sda

 

 

Remarks

 

While XMEGA supports multiple TWI busses, the normal AVR only supports on TWI or no I2C bus. The CONFIG I2CBUS is a software solution to use multiple I2C busses.

An internal variable is created named I2CBUS. This is a BYTE variable.

You need to assign this variable a value before you use the usual I2C statements. When you want to use a different bus, you just assign the variable a new bus index value.

Have a look at the sample. It creates 4 busses. Since I2CINIT is required, a loop is used to call the I2CINIT statement for all busses.

And another loop is used to send data to all 4 busses.

 

 

Both SCL and SDA pins must be on the same PORT. Also, the PIN, DDR and PORT register addresses  of the processor must be in ascending order and need to exist.

 

For example the M1284P portA group :

PORTA        = $02

DDRA        = $01

PINA        = $00

 

This is ok to use. But some processors have no DDR register because a port can only be used in output or input mode. Such a port can not be used.

 

An example of a bad port is PORTF in the M128. As you can see there is a gap in the address between PINF and DDRF and this will make it fail.

PORTF        = $62

DDRF        = $61

PINF        = $00  

 

 

ASM

The I2C routines are located in the i2c_multibus.lib.

 

 

See also

CONFIG SCL , CONFIG SDA, Using the I2C protocol , I2CINIT

 

 

Example

'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'name                     : I2C-multibus.bas
'copyright                : (c) 1995-2021, MCS Electronics
'purpose                  : demonstrates I2C multibus library
'micro                    : Mega88
'suited for demo          : no, lib not included in demo
'commercial addon needed  : no
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$regfile="m88def.dat"
$crystal=8000000
$hwstack=32
$swstack=24
$framesize=24
 
config i2cbus=0,scl=portc.0,sda= portc.1 'each bus requires a configuration of the SCL and SDA pins
config i2cbus=1,scl=portc.2,sda= portc.3 'this sample creates 4 busses
config i2cbus=2,scl=portd.2,sda= portd.3
config i2cbus=3,scl=portd.4,sda= portd.5
 
Dim j as Byte
 
For j=0 to 3                             'the first bus is 0 !!!
 i2cbus=j                               'select the BUS
i2cinit                                 'init the pins and state
Next
 
do
for j=0 to 3
   i2cbus=j                             'select the bus
  I2CSend &H40, &B01010101             'send some data
next
waitms 100
loop
 
end