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Re: I2C bus for expansion

2006-03-30 by drmabuce

Hi John

--- In ComputerVoltageSources@yahoogroups.com, "John Loffink"
<jloffink@...> wrote:
ise given those conditions
> > 
> > I2C might be very well-behaved if I2C-friendly components are
> > designed-in. 
> > 
> 
> Uh, not really.  SMBus is an enhancement to I2C developed by Intel that
> fixes several deficiencies with I2C bus, such as adding a watchdog
timeout
> to any device driving the bus.  I've been involved with I2C periodically
> over the last nine years.  Let's just say that there are many
misbehaving
> devices out there.
> 
> If we keep it simple, then there shouldn't be problems.
>


well then, i'm glad i hedged my semantic position with the the word
"might"...
;')

if you've had MULTIPLE bad experiences , it sure trumps my one dinky
project.... sounds to me like we need to leave this skunk under the
house and not try to coax him out and try to make a pet of him!

with 8 analog I/O's why get greedy now!
;'>

avanti!
-doc

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