I2C vs SPI: A Technical Comparison

I2C vs SPI: A Technical Comparison

Recently, there have been discussions in the WeChat group about I2C. Since we are talking about I2C, it’s necessary to mention SPI as well, so let’s discuss both. If anyone has better insights, please leave a comment to let more people know your views. 整理与网络,侵删 Should I2C and SPI Compete? Nowadays, in the field of … Read more

Understanding I2C, UART, and SPI Serial Interfaces

Understanding I2C, UART, and SPI Serial Interfaces

Basic Theoretical Knowledge i. Parallel Communication/Serial Communication ii. Asynchronous Communication/Synchronous Communication iii. Half-Duplex Communication/Full-Duplex Communication i. Parallel Communication/Serial Communication Parallel communication: Fast transmission speed, transmitting 8 bits at once, but high communication costs, requiring 8 independent channels. It does not support long-distance transmission. Used in devices such as printers and scanners, for example, the DB-25 … Read more

Comprehensive I2C Overview

Comprehensive I2C Overview

The author has summarized the I2C specifications into one article, with the following table of contents: I2C Introduction I2C Architecture I2C Transfer I2C Synchronization And Arbitration I2C Hs-mode 1. I2C Introduction 1.1 I2C History I2C: Inter-Integrated Circuit, an integrated circuit bus. I2C is a simple, bidirectional two-wire synchronous serial bus designed by Philips in 1982 … Read more

Revisiting I2C: Hardware Issues and Deadlock Solutions

Revisiting I2C: Hardware Issues and Deadlock Solutions

Welcome FPGA engineers to join the official WeChat technical group. ClickBlue TextFollow us at FPGA Home – the largest FPGA engineer community in China Generally, there are no issues with soldering I2C devices; following the device manual step by step usually leads to success. However, if such a simple thing fails to yield the desired … Read more

Detailed Explanation of I2C Principles

Detailed Explanation of I2C Principles

Click the blue text above to follow us 1. What is I2C? I2C, short for Inter Integrated Circuit, is a two-wire serial bus developed by Philips for communication between SOCs and peripherals. It requires only two wires for communication, operating in a master-slave mode where the master can read and write data, while the slave … Read more

Common Interfaces in Embedded Development

Common Interfaces in Embedded Development

In embedded development, interfaces such as UART, I2C, and RS485 are commonly used. Understanding them may be ambiguous, so this article organizes them. The article is lengthy, with an estimated reading time of about 10 minutes. UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter) The UART port refers to a type of physical interface (hardware). UART is an asynchronous, … Read more

Common Operations for EEPROM Driver Code in Embedded Development

Common Operations for EEPROM Driver Code in Embedded Development

Follow+Star Public Number, Don’t Miss Wonderful Content Author | strongerHuang WeChat Public Account | strongerHuang I believe many readers have used EEPROMs like AT24C0x that utilize I²C for reading and writing. Improper usage in projects can easily lead to data loss or anomalies. Today, I will discuss the content regarding EEPROM. 1Basic Principles of I²C … Read more

Embedded Development: Mastering Logic Analyzers

Embedded Development: Mastering Logic Analyzers

Microcontroller development engineers and electronics enthusiasts deal with various digital circuits every day. In the process of debugging circuits, in addition to using multimeters and oscilloscopes, logic analyzers are also essential. A logic analyzer is an instrument that collects and displays digital signals from test devices using a clock, primarily used for timing determination. Unlike … Read more

How to Use Python for Hardware and Embedded Systems Programming

How to Use Python for Hardware and Embedded Systems Programming

Hello everyone, I am Alisa. The topic we are going to discuss is very interesting, and programmers who deal with hardware usually feel very excited—how to use Python to control hardware and embedded systems programming. You heard it right, our goal today is to understand how to use Python to control hardware devices and even … Read more

An Introductory Delta-Sigma (ΔΣ) ADC Chip – TI ADS1115

An Introductory Delta-Sigma (ΔΣ) ADC Chip - TI ADS1115

Introduction The ADS1115 is well-suited as an introductory ΔΣ ADC for several reasons: Two major players in the maker community, Adafruit and Seeedstudio, have written tutorials on its use with Raspberry Pi, see [1], [2]. It is included in the TI High-performance / Precision ADCs series, albeit at the lower end, as shown in Figure … Read more