david schmidt <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Got a question concerning I2C data transfer from a master to a
> slave I2C part.
>
> If I need to send 4 consecutive bytes to a slave, which chip does
> the acknowledgement between each byte sent?

    The slave.

> Do I allow for an ack after the last byte before sending a STOP
> command?

    Yes.

> In my setup, there is only 1 master and 1 slave.  I do not need to
> read any data bytes from the slave.

    If your master DID need to read data bytes from the slave, that
    transfer would work a little differently:  The master would ACK
    each byte received from the slave EXCEPT the last one; it would
    send a "stop" WITHOUT acknowledging the final data byte.

    -Andy

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