Texas Instruments MSP430x1xx manual

I2C Module Operation

Arbitration

If two or more master transmitters simultaneously start a transmission on the bus, an arbitration procedure is invoked. Figure 15−10 illustrates the arbitration procedure between two devices. The arbitration procedure uses the data presented on SDA by the competing transmitters. The first master transmitter that generates a logic high is overruled by the opposing master generating a logic low. The arbitration procedure gives priority to the device that transmits the serial data stream with the lowest binary value. The master transmitter that lost arbitration switches to the slave receiver mode, and sets the arbitration lost flag ALIFG. If two or more devices send identical first bytes, arbitration continues on the subsequent bytes.

Figure 15−10. Arbitration Procedure Between Two Master Transmitters

Bus Line
SCL
			Device #1 Lost Arbitration
	n		and Switches Off
Data From	n
Data From
Device #1
	1
Data From	0	0	0
Data From
Device #2	1		1	1
	1		1	1
Bus Line	0	0	0
Bus Line
SDA
	1		1	1

If the arbitration procedure is in progress when a repeated START condition or STOP condition is transmitted on SDA, the master transmitters involved in arbitration must send the repeated START condition or STOP condition at the same position in the format frame. Arbitration is not allowed between:

-A repeated START condition and a data bit

-A STOP condition and a data bit

-A repeated START condition and a STOP condition

USART Peripheral Interface, I2C Mode

15-11

MSP430x1xx specifications

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Texas Instruments MSP430x1xx manual 10. Arbitration Procedure Between Two Master Transmitters

Models: MSP430x1xx

Arbitration

Figure 15−10. Arbitration Procedure Between Two Master Transmitters

MSP430x1xx specifications