Patent ID: 8667204
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method to differentiate identical devices having a same device address on a two-wire interface, comprising the following steps: (1) providing a two-wire communication system comprising a SDA lane and a SCL lane, an I (2) connecting physically the SDA and SCL lanes to each slave device, wherein a SDA port of a first slave device is connected to the SDA lane and a SCL port of the first slave device is connected to the SCL lane and a SDA port of a second slave device is connected to the SCL lane and a SCL port of the second slave device is connected to the SDA lane; (3) performing signal connectivity check by detecting signal connectivity on the SDA lane and the SCL lane with the first and second slave devices by interpreting information transfer in normal and exchanged signal connectivity modes; and (4) connecting a first I