Thread: On I2C protocol
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Old 07-24-2007, 03:39 PM
John_H
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devices wrote:
> "Jim Granville" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:46a51c8d$[email protected]..
>
>> Serial EE proms, have chosen a polling system for their 'wait'
>> requirements.
>>
>>
>> -jg

>
> Yeah, i notice the Ack polling in Microchip's seeproms.
>
> By the way, are royalties still due to Philips? Or have the copyrights
> expired. Just curious, i read something about it time ago.
>
> bye, Jim


If you limit yourself to 400 kHz and 10 bit addressing, no royalties.
Our company contacted the Philips legal folks a couple years ago to
clear it up for ourselves.
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