PIC16C926-I/CL Microchip Technology, PIC16C926-I/CL Datasheet - Page 70

• Manufacturer Part Number: PIC16C926-I/CL
• Description: 64/68-Pin CMOS Microcontrollers with LCD Driver
• Manufacturer: Microchip Technology

PIC16C925/926
9.2.4
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one master. This is called multi-master. When two or
more masters try to transfer data at the same time,
arbitration and synchronization occur.
9.2.4.1
Arbitration takes place on the SDA line, while the SCL
line is high. The master, which transmits a high when
the other master transmits a low, loses arbitration
(Figure 9-14) and turns off its data output stage. A mas-
ter, which lost arbitration can generate clock pulses
until the end of the data byte where it lost arbitration.
When the master devices are addressing the same
device, arbitration continues into the data.
FIGURE 9-14:
Masters that also incorporate the slave function and
have lost arbitration, must immediately switch over to
Slave-Receiver mode. This is because the winning
master-transmitter may be addressing it.
Arbitration is not allowed between:
• A Repeated START condition
• A STOP condition and a data bit
• A Repeated START condition and a STOP
Care needs to be taken to ensure that these conditions
do not occur.
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condition
DATA 2
SDA
SCL
DATA 1
2
C protocol allows a system to have more than
MULTI-MASTER
Arbitration
MULTI-MASTER
ARBITRATION
(TWO MASTERS)
Transmitter 1 Loses Arbitration
DATA 1 SDA
Preliminary
9.2.4.2
Clock synchronization occurs after the devices have
started arbitration. This is performed using a
wired-AND connection to the SCL line. A high to low
transition on the SCL line causes the concerned
devices to start counting off their low period. Once a
device clock has gone low, it will hold the SCL line low
until its SCL high state is reached. The low to high tran-
sition of this clock may not change the state of the SCL
line, if another device clock is still within its low period.
The SCL line is held low by the device with the longest
low period. Devices with shorter low periods enter a
high wait state, until the SCL line comes high. When the
SCL line comes high, all devices start counting off their
high periods. The first device to complete its high
period will pull the SCL line low. The SCL line high time
is determined by the device with the shortest high
period, Figure 9-15.
FIGURE 9-15:
SCL
CLK
CLK
1
2
Clock Synchronization
Counter
Reset
CLOCK
SYNCHRONIZATION
State
Wait
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Start Counting
HIGH Period