CTRLB

Control B

  0x04 32 PAC Write-Protection, Enable-Protected, Write-Synchronized 0x00000000  

Control B

Bit  31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24  
                   
Access                   
Reset                   
Bit  23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16  
            ACKACT CMD[1:0]  
Access            R/W W W  
Reset            0 0 0  
Bit  15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8  
              QCEN SMEN  
Access              R/W R/W  
Reset              0 0  
Bit  7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0  
                   
Access                   
Reset                   

Bit 18 – ACKACT: Acknowledge Action

Acknowledge Action

This bit defines the I2C host's acknowledge behavior after a data byte is received from the I2C client. The acknowledge action is executed when a command is written to CTRLB.CMD, or if smart mode is enabled (CTRLB.SMEN is written to one), when DATA.DATA is read.

This bit is not enable-protected.

This bit is not write-synchronized.

ValueDescription
0 Send ACK.
1 Send NACK.

Bits 17:16 – CMD[1:0]: Command

Command

Writing these bits triggers a host operation as described below. The CMD bits are strobe bits, and always read as zero. The acknowledge action is only valid in host read mode. In host write mode, a command will only result in a repeated start or stop condition. The CTRLB.ACKACT bit and the CMD bits can be written at the same time, and then the acknowledge action will be updated before the command is triggered.

Commands can only be issued when either the Client on Bus interrupt flag (INTFLAG.SB) or Host on Bus interrupt flag (INTFLAG.MB) is '1'.

If CMD 0x1 is issued, a repeated start will be issued followed by the transmission of the current address in ADDR.ADDR. If another address is desired, ADDR.ADDR must be written instead of the CMD bits. This will trigger a repeated start followed by transmission of the new address.

Issuing a command will set the System Operation bit in the Synchronization Busy register (SYNCBUSY.SYSOP).

Table 1. Command Description
CMD[1:0] Direction Action
0x0 X (No action)
0x1 X Execute acknowledge action succeeded by repeated Start
0x2 0 (Write) No operation
1 (Read) Execute acknowledge action succeeded by a byte read operation
0x3 X Execute acknowledge action succeeded by issuing a stop condition

These bits are not enable-protected.

Bit 9 – QCEN: Quick Command Enable

Quick Command Enable

This bit is not write-synchronized.

ValueDescription
0 Quick Command is disabled.
1 Quick Command is enabled.

Bit 8 – SMEN: Smart Mode Enable

Smart Mode Enable

When smart mode is enabled, acknowledge action is sent when DATA.DATA is read.

This bit is not write-synchronized.

ValueDescription
0 Smart mode is disabled.
1 Smart mode is enabled.