32.1 Overview

The Inter-Integrated Circuit ( I²C) interface is one of the available modes in the serial communication interface (SERCOM).

The I²C interface uses the SERCOM transmitter and receiver configured as shown in Figure 32-1. Labels in capital letters are registers accessible by the CPU, while lowercase labels are internal to the SERCOM.

A SERCOM instance can be configured to be either an I²C host or an I²C client. Both host and client have an interface containing a shift register, a transmit buffer and a receive buffer. In addition, the I²C host uses the SERCOM baud-rate generator, while the I²C client uses the SERCOM address match logic.

Note: Traditional Inter-Integrated Circuit ( I²C) documentation uses the terminology “Master” and “Slave”. The equivalent Microchip terminology used in this document is “Host” and “Client”, respectively.