| Bit | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | |
| Access | |||||||||
| Reset |
| Bit | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| DATA[7:0] | |||||||||
| Access | R/W | R/W | R/W | R/W | R/W | R/W | R/W | R/W | |
| Reset | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Data
The client data register I/O location (DATA.DATA) provides access to the host transmit and receive data buffers. Reading valid data or writing data to be transmitted can be successfully done only when SCL is held low by the client (STATUS.CLKHOLD is set). An exception occurs when reading the last data byte after the stop condition has been received.
Accessing DATA.DATA auto-triggers I2C bus operations. The operation performed depends on the state of CTRLB.ACKACT, CTRLB.SMEN and the type of access (read/write).