ATmega8(L)
Figure 75. Arbitration Between Two Masters
START
Master A Loses
Arbitration, SDAA SDA
SDA from
Master A
SDA from
Master B
SDA Line
Synchronized
SCL Line
Note that arbitration is not allowed between:
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A REPEATED START condition and a data bit.
A STOP condition and a data bit.
A REPEATED START and a STOP condition.
It is the user software’s responsibility to ensure that these illegal arbitration conditions
never occur. This implies that in multi-master systems, all data transfers must use the
same composition of SLA+R/W and data packets. In other words: All transmissions
must contain the same number of data packets, otherwise the result of the arbitration is
undefined.
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