Datasheet

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2549O–AVR–05/12
ATmega640/1280/1281/2560/2561
The Power Reduction TWI bit, PRTWI bit in “PRR0 – Power Reduction Register 0” on page 56
must be written to zero to enable the 2-wire Serial Interface.
24.2.2 Electrical Interconnection
As depicted in Figure 24-1 on page 241, both bus lines are connected to the positive supply volt-
age through pull-up resistors. The bus drivers of all TWI-compliant devices are open-drain or
open-collector. This implements a wired-AND function which is essential to the operation of the
interface. A low level on a TW I bus line is generated when one or more TWI devices output a
zero. A high level is output when all TWI devices trim-state their outputs, allowing the pull-up
resistors to pull the line high. Note that all AVR devices connected to the TWI bus must be pow-
ered in order to allow any bus operation.
The number of devices that can be connected to the bus is only limited by the bus capacitance
limit of 400pF and the 7-bit slave address space. A detailed specification of the electrical charac-
teristics of the TWI is given in “SPI Timing Characteristics” on page 375. Two different sets of
specifications are presented there, one relevant for bus speeds below 100kHz, and one valid for
bus speeds up to 400kHz.
24.3 Data Transfer and Frame Format
24.3.1 Transferring Bits
Each data bit transferred on the TW I bus is accompanied by a pulse on the clock line. The level
of the data line must be stable when the clock line is high. The only exception to this rule is for
generating start and stop conditions.
Figure 24-2. Data Validity
24.3.2 START and STOP Conditions
The Master initiates and terminates a data transmission. The transmission is initiated when the
Master issues a START condition on the bus, and it is terminated when the Master issues a
STOP condition. Between a START and a STOP condition, the bus is considered busy, and no
other master should try to seize control of the bus. A special case occurs when a new START
condition is issued between a START and STOP condition. This is referred to as a REPEATED
START condition, and is used when the Master wishes to initiate a new transfer without relin-
quishing control of the bus. After a REPEATED START, the bus is considered busy until the next
STOP. This is identical to the START behavior, and therefore START is used to describe both
START and REPEATED START for the remainder of this datasheet, unless otherwise noted. As
depicted below, START and STOP conditions are signalled by changing the level of the SDA
line when the SCL line is high.
SDA
SCL
Data Stable Data Stable
Data Change