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3.4.4

Data valid

The state of the data line represents valid data when after a start condition, the data line is

stable for the duration of the high period of the clock signal. The data on the line may be

changed during the Low period of the clock signal. There is one clock pulse per bit of data.

Each data transfer is initiated with a start condition and terminated with a stop condition.

The number of data bytes transferred between the start and stop conditions is not limited.

The information is transmitted byte-wide and each receiver acknowledges with a ninth bit.

By definition a device that gives out a message is called “transmitter,” the receiving device

that gets the message is called “receiver.” The device that controls the message is called

“master.” The devices that are controlled by the master are called “slaves.”

Figure 6.

Serial bus data transfer sequence

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DATA

CLOCK

DATA LINE

STABLE

DATA VALID

START

CONDITION

CHANGE OF

DATA ALLOWED

STOP

CONDITION