I2C Controller IP – Slave, Parameterized FIFO, AHB Master Interface (I2C2AHB)

Overview

The DB-I2C-S-AHB-BRIDGE is an I2C Slave Controller IP Core focused on low VLSI footprint ASIC / ASSP designs not requiring internal configuration & control registers (and thus no local host CPU required), and an AHB Master interface for read/write to the user system. The DB-I2C-S-AHB-BRIDGE processes the I2C protocol & physical layers, and receives & transmits bytes with respect to the I2C payload via a bridge AHB Master Interface to user registers or memory.

The DB-I2C-S-AHB-BRIDGE runs off the AHB Master external clock input within the ASIC / ASSP, providing a synchronous design while offering I2C spike filtering of SDA and SCL.

The DB-I2C-S-AHB-BRIDGE is a member of Digital Blocks DB-I2C Controller IP Core family, which includes I2C Master/Slave, I2C Master-only, and I2C Slave-only configurations.

Figure 1 depicts the DB-I2C-S-AHB-BRIDGE Core system view. The IP is configured by internal pre-synthesis parameters and post-synthesis top-level input signals, receives input clock and reset, and performs I2C Slave-Receiver transfers (for writing data to the AHB via its AHB Master Interface) and Slave-Transmitter transfers (for reading data from the AHB via the AHB Master Interface).

Key Features

I2C Slave Controller - Implements Slave-only protocol for smaller VLSI footprint, for applications requiring Slave–Receiver and Slave–Transmitter capability
AHB Master Interface – bridging the I2C Bus to the AHB Bus
- AHB5, AHB 2.0, AHB-Lite releases
Autonomous I2C Slave Controller:
- No local CPU host required
- No configuring of control/status registers
Slave I2C Controller Modes:
- Slave – Transmitter
- Slave – Receiver
Supports five I2C bus speeds:
- Standard Mode (100 Kb/s)
- Fast Mode (400 Kb/s)
- Fast Mode plus (1 Mbit/s)
- Ultra fast mode (5 Mbit/s)
- Hs-mode (3.4 Mbit/s)
7- or 10-bit I2C Slave ID addressing, SCL Low Wait States
Digital filter for the received SDA and SCL lines
Compliance with I2C specifications:
- Philips – The I2C-Bus Specification, Version 2.1, January 2000
- NXP Rev 7.0 October 1, 2021
Fully-synchronous, synthesizable Verilog RTL core, with rising-edge clocking, no gated clocks, and no internal tri-states, for easy integration into FPGA or ASICdesign flows.

Block Diagram

Deliverables

The DB-I2C-S-AHB-BRIDGE is available in synthesizable RTL Verilog or a technology-specific netlist for FPGAs, along with Synopsys Design Constraints, a simulation test bench with expected results, datasheet, and user manual.

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