By the way, that's an honest to god question. I see people use I2C all the time, and I do not know why. From a software developer's perspective, I'm often in the frame of mind that "faster is better". I kind of feel like I'm missing something though.
I do know that some parts only come in I2C, UART, or SPI. Sometimes two of these serial types, but usually not all 3. So I've always assumed, that people pick a part they like, and deal with the serial protocol as needed. On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 6:18 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > I am curious though. So keep in mind I'm not so much of an EE type when I > ask this. But why would you use I2C over another serial communications type > ? I've used SPI on the msp430's before, and know that if one were to use > SPI through the PRU's on the BBB, it would / could be amazingly fast. > > Is this just some sort of "x.y.z only comes in I2C peripheral . . . " > sort of deal ? > > On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Harvey White <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 17:55:19 -0700, you wrote: >> >> >Hi Harvey, >> > >> >Yeah, I'm honestly not interested in I2C, at least not yet. I was just >> >trying to express that I know the register in memory layout "ok" and that >> >the OP was not using a driver, really. >> > >> >Thanks for the offer though. >> >> >> You're welcome. I use it extensively, so I can at least make some of >> it work. >> >> Harvey >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
