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Table of Contents

Introduction

This page gives an overview of I2C-PS driver which is available as part of the Xilinx Vivado and SDK distribution.

Source path for the driver:
https://github.com/Xilinx/embeddedsw/tree/master/XilinxProcessorIPLib/drivers/iicps
Driver source code is organized into different folders. Below diagram shows the iicps driver source organization

iicps
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-- Doc - Provides the API and data structure details
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- Examples - Reference application to show how to use the driver APIs and calling sequence
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- Source - Driver source files

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Driver Sources

The source code for the driver is included with the Vitis Unified Software Platform installation, as well as being available in the Xilinx Github repository. 


Driver Name

Path in Vitis

Path in Github

iicps

<Vitis Install Directory>/data/embedded/XilinxProcessorIPLib/drivers/iicps

https://github.com/Xilinx/embeddedsw/tree/master/XilinxProcessorIPLib/drivers/iicps


Note: To view the sources for a particular release, use the rel-version tag in github.  For example, for the 2020.1 release, the proper version of the code is: https://github.com/Xilinx/embeddedsw/tree/xilinx-v2020.1/XilinxProcessorIPLib/drivers/iicps


The driver source code is organized into different folders.  The table below shows the ospipsv driver source organization. 


Directory
Description

doc

Provides the API and data structure details

data

Driver .tcl and .mdd file

examples

Example applications that show how to use the driver features

src

Driver source files


Driver Implementation

For a full list of features supported by this IP, please refer Chapter 69: I2C Controller in Versal TRM

Features

Supported:

I2C bus specification version 2
Supports 16-byte FIFO
Programmable normal and fast bus data rates

Master mode
Write transfer
Read transfer
Extended address support
Support HOLD for slow processor service
Supports TO interrupt flag to avoid stall condition

Slave monitor mode

Slave mode
Slave transmitter
Slave receiver
Extended address support (10-bit address)
Fully programmable slave response address
Supports HOLD to prevent overflow condition
Supports TO interrupt flag to avoid stall condition

Software can poll for status or function as interrupt-driven device
Programmable interrupt generation

Driver Supported Features

The iicps Standalone driver support the below things.All Controller Features supported.


Known issues and Limitations
Multi-master configuration works only if all the participating masters are operating at the same frequency.

Test cases

Refer below pah for testing different examples for each feature of the IP.
https://github.com/Xilinx/embeddedsw/tree/master/XilinxProcessorIPLib/drivers/iicps/examples

Example Applications

Refer to the driver examples directory for various example applications that exercise the different features of the driver. Each application is linked in the table below. The following sections describe the usage and expected output of the various applications.  These example applications can be imported into the Vitis IDE from the Board Support Package  settings tab. 


Links to Examples

Examples path: 

https://github.com/Xilinx/embeddedsw/tree/master/XilinxProcessorIPLib/drivers/iicps/examples

Test nameExample sourceDescription
IICPS eeprom interrupt mode examplexiicps_eeprom_intr_example.cThis example does eeprom read/writes using interrupts.
IICPS eeprom polled mode examplexiicps_eeprom_polled_example.cThis example does eeprom read/writes using polling.
IICPS slave monitor mode examplexiicps_slave_monitor_example.cThis example does slave monitoring of an I2C slave device.

Example Application Usage

IICPS eeprom interrupt mode example

This example does eeprom read/writes using interrupts.

Expected Output


Code Block
IIC EEPROM Interrupt Example Test
Page size 16
Successfully ran IIC EEPROM Interrupt Example Test


ChangeLog

  • 2016.3
    • Removed interrupt logic from the eeprom polled example.
    • Removed unused header files from the xiicps_eeprom_polled_example.
  • 2016.4
    • None
  • 2017.1
    • xiicps: Fixed compilation warnings
    • iicps: Workaround for SLVMON issue in zynq
    • iicps: Added readme.txt file to generate doxygen for examples
  • 2017.2
    • None
  • 2017.3
    • None
  • 2017.4
    • None
  • 2018.1
    • None
  • 2018.2
    • iicps: Write transfer size before slave address in xiicps_master.c
    • iicps: Modified the Eeprom scanning mechanism in example xiicps_repeated_start_example.c