TWI Terminology

The following definitions are frequently encountered in this section.

Table 1. TWI Terminology
Term Description
Master The device that initiates and terminates a transmission. The Master also generates the SCL clock.
Slave The device addressed by a Master.
Transmitter The device placing data on the bus.
Receiver The device reading data from the bus.

This device has one instance of TWI. For this reason, the instance index n is omitted.

The Power Reduction TWI bit in the Power Reduction Register (PRRn.PRTWI) must be written to '0' to enable the two-wire Serial Interface.

TWI0 is in PRR.