The IC Bus: From Theory to Practice [Hardcover]

Dominique Paret (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471962686 | ISBN-13: 978-0471962687 | Publication Date: February 1997 | Edition: 1

The I²C or Inter-Integrated Circuit bus is a two-wire control bus for linking microcontroller and peripheral ICs. The simplicity of its unique combination of both address and data bus functions has made it a worldwide industry standard. This guidebook through the world of microcontroller-managed serial buses will enable the reader to design an I²C bus-based system for virtually any application. Features include:

• Examination of typical industrial and consumer applications which will enable the reader to design effectively in a real-world environment.
• Examples of modular solutions at various levels of complexity.
• Instruction on building bridges to other buses.
• Accompanying diskette containing I²C bus instruction software.

Structured in four parts, the book covers protocol, components, applications and development tools. This comprehensive text outlines the versatility of the I²C bus, which has resulted in its widespread adoption in a variety of areas from telecommunications and automotive dashboards to energy management systems and medical equipment. The text combines a user-friendly style with the expertise of the author, who has been involved in the development of the I²C bus from its conception. Linking theory with practice, this accessible source allows both professional circuit designers and electrical and electronic engineering students rapidly to grasp the advantages of the I²C bus.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

From the Publisher

Using the world of micro-controller-managed serial buses, this user-friendly guide offers comprehensive coverage of the theory essential to design the best possible communications bus for any application. Describes typical industrial and consumer applications and provides examples of modular solutions at various levels of complexity as well as complete circuit diagrams. The accompanying disk contains software for the I2C bus.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 314 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471962686
• ISBN-13: 978-0471962687
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,387,677 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The practical collection of Philip's PDF's in hard copy, January 16, 2000

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Oren Porat (London,England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The IC Bus: From Theory to Practice (Hardcover)

Regretfully, I have to say that "The I2C Bus from Theory to Practice" book is a bit of a disappointment for me. I've been reading these past 2 months the Philip's I2C related documents in PDF format, which I downloaded from the Internet. It seemed to me at the time that apart from the description of the protocol, there are some notes and maybe "hidden" facts, which are not described in the formal description of the protocol and so, I started to look for a book on the subject. Luckily I found one book (the only book) and hoped that it would elaborate on the I2C subject. I discovered that indeed this book justified its title and gave the required theory description, and practical examples as promised. But the theory is mostly copied/pasted out of the Philip's I2C bus protocol description with some additional notes added to it, and the overall description is nicely divided into chapters and chapter-parts which is maybe more readable for the 1'st time reader. As for the I2C practice, or practical information, again I was disappointed to find that some parts of the Philip's PDF's were inserted again ( as the PCF8584) which is almost fully described in the book. I think it would have been more appropriate to point out pointers for these PDF's (although it was mentioned once in the book that some material is taken from these documents) on the Philip's Internet site. I think the authors meant to give some practical examples by that, but I felt that it was just for filling out some more pages on the book (like an LP record's last 3 or 4 song tracks.) The appendix of the book was very disappointing and I didn't understand why I need these "printed circuits" low quality prints at the end of the book (pages 287-294) or maybe it was just to fill some blanks. The SW examples given out with the floppy disk were not so well documented and also some of it was in French anyways. All in all, this book was not what I thought it would be and that is a shame because it is the only book, which I found on the I2C subject on the Web. Maybe the authors wrote most of the documents in the Philip's PDF's and wanted to publish it in hard copy... (see title of this letter.) But, if you did purchase this book, you can always put it on the bookshelf because it has a nice respectable hard cover.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a good I2C reference, November 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The IC Bus: From Theory to Practice (Hardcover)

I found this book to be a good collection of I2C bus information in a very readable format. I haven't found another source as comprehensive as this one. Could use an update including more recently developed products.