Method and apparatus for recovering I2C bus locked by slave device
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- ZTE CORP
- Publication Date
- 2009-06-24
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Abstract
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[0001] The invention relates to a recovery method and device after an I2C bus is locked by an I2C slave device, belonging to the field of computer communication. Background technique
[0002] The I2C bus (Inter-IC BUS or IIC BUS, inter-integrated circuit interconnection bus) is a set of serial buses developed by Philips (PHILIPS) for connecting microcontrollers and their peripherals. The I2C bus has two signal lines: a clock line SCL and a bidirectional data line SDA. The clock lines SCL of all devices connected to the I2C bus are connected to the SCL of the bus, and their data lines SDA are connected to the bidirectional data line SDA of the bus. The bus uses software addressing to identify each device (such as microcontrollers, memories, LCD drivers, clock chips, and other I2C bus devices), completely eliminating the need for chip select lines for each device, thus making system wiring very simple. At present, I2C has become an important global industry s...