Thursday, October 30, 2014

Compare I2C and SPI protocols.


  • SPI protocol requires more hardware(I²C needs 2 lines and that’s it, while SPI formally defines at least 4  Signals).
  • SPI procol is faster than I2C, it works in full duplex mode, can transmit upto 10Mbps whereas I2C is limited to 1Mbps in normal mode and 3.4Mbps in fast mode.
  • SPI can have only one master whereas I2C supports more than one masters.
  • In SPI there is no limitation to the number of bits transmitted in one frame(I2c 8bits).
  • SPI is non standard whereas I2C is standard protocol.

Read these two posts for better understanding 

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