Re: PATCH 2.3.23 pre 2 compile fixes

Philip Blundell (pb@nexus.co.uk)
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:32:08 +0100

>I2C has certainly been around since before 1987 since Acorn put an I2C
>interface into machines they produced at the time. I've heard it was
>designed by Phillips and is frequently used by audio manufacturers.

It was invented some time in the early 80s (maybe even mid/late 70s) I
believe, originally for controlling devices inside things like TV sets. A lot
of teletext receivers, tuners and so on are I2C based.

p.

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