Solon, Check out Philip Semiconductors sight. They are the "owners" of the I2C bus. They have many datasheets explaining the operation of it. If I remeber correctly you have to go to the section on microcontrollers on Philip Semiconductors web sight for the datasheets. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Solon Caceres Moreno [SMTP:cdmb@MULTINET.COM.CO] Sent: Monday, March 16, 1998 5:54 PM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: the I2C bus Theory & def PIC's: Please, What is the I2C bus? Thanks Solon Caceres Moreno Ingeniero de Sistemas UIS Bucaramanga, Colombia e-mail: solca@usa.net cdmb@multinet.com.co