I am implementing a sort of house monitoring device network using a PIC
as
master (of course). There are a variety of devices on the lines, ranging
from just 3-8 decoders to I2C devices. I just downloaded the spec sheet of a
new device I want to put on the network and it introduced me to something
new, SMBus. What is this, from the spec sheet it looks almost identical to
I2C. My question is whether or not I2C and SMBus can share the same two
lines?? Will they interfere with each other? I don't need I2C devices to
respond when SMBus is being addressed and vice versa, I just want to know if
they will interfere with each other. This is not a project or a customer,
just a personal project so staying true to spec and completely flawless
operation are not requires. Thank you all for your time, TTYL