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Advanced Information
DS30475A-page 149
PIC18CXX8
15.4.1.2
Reception
When the R/W bit of the address byte is clear and an
address match occurs, the R/W bit of the SSPSTAT
register is cleared. The received address is loaded into
the SSPBUF register.
When the address byte overflow condition exists, then
no acknowledge (ACK) pulse is given. An overflow con-
dition is defined as either bit BF (SSPSTAT register) is
set or bit SSPOV (SSPCON1 register) is set.
An MSSP interrupt is generated for each data transfer
byte. Flag bit SSPIF (PIR registers) must be cleared in
software. The SSPSTAT register is used to determine
the status of the byte.
15.4.1.3
Transmission
When the R/W bit of the incoming address byte is set
and an address match occurs, the R/W bit of the
SSPSTAT register is set. The received address is
loaded into the SSPBUF register. The ACK pulse will
be sent on the ninth bit and pin RC3/SCK/SCL is held
low. The transmit data must be loaded into the
SSPBUF register, which also loads the SSPSR regis-
ter. Then pin RC3/SCK/SCL should be enabled by set-
ting bit CKP (SSPCON1 register). The master must
monitor the SCL pin prior to asserting another clock
pulse. The slave devices may be holding off the master
by stretching the clock. The eight data bits are shifted
out on the falling edge of the SCL input. This ensures
that the SDA signal is valid during the SCL high time
An MSSP interrupt is generated for each data transfer
byte. The SSPIF bit must be cleared in software and
the SSPSTAT register is used to determine the status
of the byte. The SSPIF bit is set on the falling edge of
the ninth clock pulse.
As a slave-transmitter, the ACK pulse from the
master-receiver is latched on the rising edge of the
ninth SCL input pulse. If the SDA line is high (not ACK),
then the data transfer is complete. When the ACK is
latched by the slave, the slave logic is reset (resets
SSPSTAT register) and the slave monitors for another
occurrence of the START bit. If the SDA line was low
(ACK), the transmit data must be loaded into the SSP-
BUF register, which also loads the SSPSR register. Pin
RC3/SCK/SCL should be enabled by setting bit CKP.
FIGURE 15-7: I2C SLAVE MODE WAVEFORMS FOR RECEPTION (7-BIT ADDRESS)
FIGURE 15-8: I2C SLAVE MODE WAVEFORMS FOR TRANSMISSION (7-BIT ADDRESS)
P
9
8
7
6
5
D0
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
S
A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1
SDA
SCL
1
2
3
456
78
9
12
34
56
7
8
9
12
3
4
Bus Master
Terminates
Transfer
Bit SSPOV is set because the SSPBUF register is still full.
Cleared in software
SSPBUF register is read
ACK
Receiving Data
D0
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
ACK
R/W=0
Receiving Address
SSPIF
BF
SSPOV
Not ACK
ACK is not sent.
SDA
SCL
SSPIF
BF
CKP
A7
A6
A5
A4
A3
A2
A1
ACK
D7
D6
D5
D4
D3
D2
D1
D0
Not ACK
Transmitting Data
R/W = 1
Receiving Address
1
2
3
4
56
789
123
4
5
67
8
9
P
Cleared in software
SSPBUF is written in software
From SSP interrupt
service routine
Set bit after writing to SSPBUF
S
Data in
Sampled
SCL held low
while CPU
responds to SSPIF
(the SSPBUF must be written to
before the CKP bit can be set)
R/W = 0