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a protocol developed by Philips. It is a two-wire protocol with variable
speed (typically up to 400 kHz, high speed modes up to 5 MHz). It provides
an inexpensive bus for connecting many types of devices with infrequent or
low bandwidth communications needs. I2C is widely used with embedded
systems. Some systems use variants that don't meet branding requirements,
and so are not advertised as being I2C but come under different names,
e.g. TWI (Two Wire Interface), IIC.”h]”hX'  IÂ²C (pronounce: I squared C and written I2C in the kernel documentation) is
a protocol developed by Philips. It is a two-wire protocol with variable
speed (typically up to 400 kHz, high speed modes up to 5 MHz). It provides
an inexpensive bus for connecting many types of devices with infrequent or
low bandwidth communications needs. I2C is widely used with embedded
systems. Some systems use variants that donâ€™t meet branding requirements,
and so are not advertised as being I2C but come under different names,
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a subset of I2C protocols and signaling. Many I2C devices will work on an
SMBus, but some SMBus protocols add semantics beyond what is required to
achieve I2C branding. Modern PC mainboards rely on SMBus. The most common
devices connected through SMBus are RAM modules configured using I2C EEPROMs,
and hardware monitoring chips.”h]”hX“  SMBus (System Management Bus) is based on the I2C protocol, and is mostly
a subset of I2C protocols and signaling. Many I2C devices will work on an
SMBus, but some SMBus protocols add semantics beyond what is required to
achieve I2C branding. Modern PC mainboards rely on SMBus. The most common
devices connected through SMBus are RAM modules configured using I2C EEPROMs,
and hardware monitoring chips.”…””}”(hj  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´Khh·h²hubhÌ)”}”(hX  Because the SMBus is mostly a subset of the generalized I2C bus, we can
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use its protocols on many I2C systems. However, there are systems that donâ€™t
meet both SMBus and I2C electrical constraints; and others which canâ€™t
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the I2C controller, and drivers for your I2C targets. Usually one driver for
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