IIC(4) |
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IIC(4) |
NAME
iic — Inter IC (I2C) bus
SYNOPSIS
iic* at alipm? # sparc64
iic* at acpismbus? # amd64 i386
iic* at amdpm? # amd64 i386
iic* at armadillo9iic? # evbarm
iic0 at at91twi? # evbarm
iic0 at ausmbus0 # evbmips
iic0 at cuda0 # macppc
iic0 at gpiic? # evbppc
iic* at gpioiic? # amd64 i386
iic* at gtiic? # evbppc
iic* at gxiic? # evbarm
iic* at ichsmb? # amd64 i386
iic0 at iociic0 # acorn26
iic0 at iomdiic? # acorn32
iic0 at iopiic? # evbarm iyonix
iic* at ki2c? # macppc
iic* at nfsmb? # amd64 i386
iic* at ociic? # sandpoint
iic* at piixpm? # amd64 i386
iic0 at slugiic0 # evbarm
iic* at viapcib? # i386
DESCRIPTION
I2C is a two-wire bus developed by Philips used for connecting integrated circuits. It is commonly used for connecting devices such as EEPROMs, temperature sensors, fan controllers, real-time clocks, tuners, and other types of integrated circuits.
The iic driver provides a uniform programming interface layer between I2C master controllers and various I2C slave devices. Each I2C master controller attaches an iic framework; several slave devices can then be attached to the iic bus.
All I2C slave devices are uniquely identified by the address on the bus. The master accesses a particular slave device using its address.
System Management Bus (SMBus) protocol is also supported by emulating it with the I2C commands.
SUPPORTED SLAVES
A wide list of slaves are supported, among them:
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dbcool(4)
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dbCool(tm) family of environmental monitors and fan controllers
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rs5c372rtc(4)
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RICOH RS5C372A and RS5C372B real-time clock
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sgsmix(4)
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driver for SGS 7433 Basic Audio Processor found in some Apple machines
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spdmem(4)
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Generic Memory Module Serial Presence Detect
HISTORY
The I2C framework first appeared in NetBSD 2.0. OpenBSD support was added in OpenBSD 3.6. This manpage first appeared in NetBSD 6.0, it was ported from OpenBSD.
AUTHORS
The I2C framework was written by Steve C. Woodford and Jason R. Thorpe for NetBSD and then ported to OpenBSD by Alexander Yurchenko <grange@openbsd.org>.