This document provides an in-depth overview of the I2C communication protocol. It begins by defining I2C, its characteristics such as being a multi-master multi-slave synchronous serial communication standard. It then covers I2C electrical characteristics, start/stop conditions, addressing, data transfer process including acknowledgements, and arbitration. The document uses diagrams and examples to illustrate I2C communication including reading and writing data between a master and slave device.
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