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The Address Match unit is able to compare addresses even when the AVR MCU is in sleep

mode, enabling the MCU to wake-up if addressed by a Master.

21.2.5

Control Unit

The Control unit monitors the TWI bus and generates responses corresponding to settings in the

TWI Control Register (TWCR). When an event requiring the attention of the application occurs

on the TWI bus, the TWI Interrupt Flag (TWINT) is asserted. In the next clock cycle, the TWI Sta-

tus Register (TWSR) is updated with a status code identifying the event. The TWSR only

contains relevant status information when the TWI interrupt flag is asserted. At all other times,

the TWSR contains a special status code indicating that no relevant status information is avail-

able. As long as the TWINT flag is set, the SCL line is held low. This allows the application

software to complete its tasks before allowing the TWI transmission to continue.

The TWINT flag is set in the following situations:

• After the TWI has transmitted a START/REPEATED START condition.

• After the TWI has transmitted SLA+R/W.

• After the TWI has transmitted an address byte.

• After the TWI has lost arbitration.

• After the TWI has been addressed by own slave address or general call.

• After the TWI has received a data byte.

• After a STOP or REPEATED START has been received while still addressed as a Slave.

When a bus error has occurred due to an illegal START or STOP condition.

21.3

Two-wire Serial Interface Bus Definition

The Two-wire Serial Interface (TWI) is ideally suited for typical microcontroller applications. The

TWI protocol allows the systems designer to interconnect up to 128 different devices using only

two bi-directional bus lines, one for clock (SCL) and one for data (SDA). The only external hard-

ware needed to implement the bus is a single pull-up resistor for each of the TWI bus lines. All

devices connected to the bus have individual addresses, and mechanisms for resolving bus

contention are inherent in the TWI protocol.

Figure 21-2. TWI Bus Interconnection

Device 1

Device 2

Device 3

Device n

SDA

SCL

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