NAME
iic —
Inter IC (I2C) bus
SYNOPSIS
iic* at kiic? # macppc
iic* at piic? # macppc
iic* at smu? # macppc
iic* at alipm? # alpha i386 sparc64
iic* at amdiic? # amd64 i386
iic* at amdpm? # i386
iic* at glxpcib? # i386
iic* at gscsio? # i386
iic* at ichiic? # amd64 i386
iic* at nviic? # amd64 i386
iic* at pcfiic? # sparc64
iic* at piixpm? # amd64 i386
iic* at viapm? # amd64 i386
iic* at gpioiic? # i386
iic* at gdiumiic? # loongson
iic* at tsciic? # alpha
iic* at dwiic? # amd64
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. Devices are found on the bus using a sophisticated scanning routine which attempts to identify commonly available devices. On other machines (such as sparc64 and macppc) where the machine ROM supplies a list of I2C devices, that list is used instead.
System Management Bus (SMBus) protocol is also supported by emulating it with the I2C commands.
SUPPORTED MASTERS
- alipm(4)
- Acer Labs M7101 SMBus controller
- amdiic(4)
- AMD-8111 SMBus controller
- amdpm(4)
- AMD-756/766/768/8111 Power Management and SMBus controller
- dwiic(4)
- Synopsys DesignWare I2C controller
- glxpcib(4)
- AMD CS5536 PCI-ISA bridge with timecounter, watchdog timer, and GPIO
- gpioiic(4)
- GPIO I2C controller
- gscsio(4)
- National Semiconductor Geode SC1100 I2C controller
- ichiic(4)
- Intel ICH SMBus controller
- kiic(4)
- Apple Kauai I2C controller
- nviic(4)
- NVIDIA nForce2/3/4 SMBus controller
- pcfiic(4)
- Phillips PCF8584 I2C controller
- piic(4)
- Apple via-pmu I2C controller
- piixpm(4)
- Intel PIIX SMBus controller
- smu(4)
- Apple System Management Unit
- tsciic(4)
- DECchip 21272 and 21274 Core Logic chipset I2C controller
- viapm(4)
- VIA SMBus controller
SUPPORTED SLAVES
- adc(4)
- Analog Devices AD7416/AD7417/7418 temperature sensor
- adl(4)
- Andigilog aSC7621 temperature, voltage, and fan sensor
- admcts(4)
- Analog Devices ADM1026 temperature and voltage sensor
- admlc(4)
- Analog Devices ADM1024 temperature and voltage sensor
- admtemp(4)
- Analog Devices ADM1021 temperature sensor
- admtm(4)
- Analog Devices ADM1025 temperature and voltage sensor
- admtmp(4)
- Analog Devices ADM1030 temperature sensor
- admtt(4)
- Analog Devices ADM1031 temperature sensor
- adt(4)
- Analog Devices ADT7460 temperature, voltage, and fan sensor
- adtfsm(4)
- Analog Devices ADT7462 temperature, voltage, and fan sensor
- andl(4)
- Andigilog aSC7611 temperature, voltage, and fan sensor
- asbtm(4)
- Asus ASB 100 temperature sensor
- asms(4)
- Apple sudden motion sensor
- bgw(4)
- Bosch motion sensor
- ccpmic(4)
- Intel Crystal Cove Power Management IC
- ecadc(4)
- environmental monitoring subsystem temperature sensor
- fanpwr(4)
- Fairchild FAN53555 voltage regulator
- fcu(4)
- Apple Fan Control Unit sensor device
- fintek(4)
- Fintek F75375 temperature sensor
- glenv(4)
- Genesys Logic GL518SM temperature, voltage, and fan sensor
- iatp(4)
- Atmel maXTouch touchpad and touchscreen
- ihidev(4)
- HID over I2C support
- islrtc(4)
- Intersil ISL1208/1218 real-time clock
- lisa(4)
- STMicroelectronics LIS331DL MEMS motion sensor
- lm(4)
- National Semiconductor LM78/79/81 temperature, voltage, and fan sensor
- lmenv(4)
- National Semiconductor LM87 temperature, voltage, and fan sensor
- lmn(4)
- National Semiconductor LM93 temperature, voltage, and fan sensor
- lmtemp(4)
- National Semiconductor LM75/LM76/LM77 temperature sensor
- maxds(4)
- Maxim DS1624/DS1631/DS1721 temperature sensor
- maxrtc(4)
- Maxim DS1307 real-time clock
- maxtmp(4)
- Maxim MAX6642/MAX6690 temperature sensor
- mfokclock(4)
- M41T8x real-time clock
- nvt(4)
- Nuvoton W83795G/ADG temperature, voltage, and fan sensor
- pcagpio(4)
- Philips PCA955[4567] GPIO controller
- pcaled(4)
- Philips PCA9532/9552 GPIO LED dimmer
- pcfadc(4)
- Philips PCF8591 temperature sensor
- pcfrtc(4)
- NXP PCF8523 real-time clock
- pcxrtc(4)
- NXP PCF8563 real-time clock
- ricohrtc(4)
- Ricoh RS5C372 real-time clock
- sdtemp(4)
- SO-DIMM (JC-42.4) temperature sensor
- spdmem(4)
- Serial Presence Detect memory
- stsec(4)
- ST7 embedded controller
- tda(4)
- Philips TDA8444 fan controller
- thmc(4)
- TI THMC50, Analog ADM1022/1028 temperature sensor
- tsl(4)
- TAOS TSL2560/61 light sensor
- wbenv(4)
- Winbond W83L784R/W83L785R/W83L785TS-L temperature, voltage, and fan sensor
- wbng(4)
- Winbond W83793G temperature, voltage, and fan sensor
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The I2C framework first appeared in NetBSD 2.0. OpenBSD support was added in OpenBSD 3.6. I2C bus scanning was added in OpenBSD 3.9.
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>.