I²C Simulation

The I²C Bus is a two-wire BUS system defined by NXP (formerly Philips). The I²C Bus is a bi-directional and designed for simple but efficient control applications. It is widely used in embedded systems to interface a microcontroller with peripherals.

The system is comprised of two lines, SCL (serial clock) and SDA (serial data) that carry information between the IC's connected to them. All devices connected to the bus can be master or slave devices. Each device can be in one of the following modes:

• Idle Mode: device is in high-impedance state and waits for data.
• Master Transmitter Mode: the device transmits data to a slave receiver.
• Master Receiver Mode: the device receives data from a slave transmitter.
• Slave Receiver Mode: a number of data bytes are received from a master transmitter.
• Slave Transmitter Mode: a number of data bytes are transmitted to a master receiver.

The I²C standard is described in the I²C BUS SPECIFICATION that is available at the NXP web page.

This section describes the following topics:

• I²C Concepts
• I²C Simulation
• Virtual Simulation Registers (VTREG)
• Simulating a Device connected to the I²C Bus
• Application examples