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> At 09:46 PM 3/2/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Who here is using a PIC as a I2C master (controller)?
> >I'm investigating the PIC as a controller, particularly the 16C73, for I2C
> >video chips (such as the closed-caption decoders from Philips and Zilog).
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> >I've got the I2C docs from Philips and Microchip's I2C app notes.  But I'd
> >like to hear from people using the PIC as the master device.
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> You have to bit-bop them from software.  For some reason Microchip only
> implemented the I2C slave side in hardware.

Reason is that you must pay Philips a royalty on masters implemented in
hardware. Can anyone confirm that. I read it somewhere on the net.

BAJ