From: Eugene Surovegin <ebs@ebshome.net>
To: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Embedded PPC Linux list <linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org>,
"VanBaren,
Gerald \(AGRE\)" <Gerald.VanBaren@smiths-aerospace.com>
Subject: Re: "I2C" versus "IIC"
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:14:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041013211428.GB28349@gate.ebshome.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041013132613.A21277@home.com>
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 01:26:13PM -0700, Matt Porter wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 02:18:03PM -0600, VanBaren, Gerald (AGRE) wrote:
> > Just to mess with your minds... I2C is a trademark of Philips
> > Electronics N.V. so that is probably not the best choice from a
> > legalistic point of view.
>
> It's been related to me several times that this is the reason why
> most implementers refer to their interface/bus as IIC in
> documentation.
Yeah, the most "extreme" variant being "two-wire serial interface",
without even mentioning I2C or IIC.
You need some familiarity with bus protocol to figure out that this is
really I2C :).
--
Eugene
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-13 21:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-13 20:18 "I2C" versus "IIC" VanBaren, Gerald (AGRE)
2004-10-13 20:26 ` Matt Porter
2004-10-13 20:48 ` Mark Chambers
2004-10-13 20:54 ` Matt Porter
2004-10-13 21:04 ` Matt Porter
2004-10-13 21:44 ` Mark Chambers
2004-10-13 21:14 ` Eugene Surovegin [this message]
2004-10-13 21:18 ` Matt Porter
2004-10-13 21:19 ` Robert P. J. Day
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-10-13 18:26 Robert P. J. Day
2004-10-13 18:50 ` Mark Chambers
2004-10-13 18:56 ` Robert P. J. Day
2004-10-13 19:10 ` annamaya
2004-10-13 19:34 ` Eugene Surovegin
2004-10-13 19:40 ` Robert P. J. Day
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