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I2C
The I2C interface connects the LCD, audio amplifier and camera to the CPU.
There are two possible I2C controllers. If the LSB of register 0xF0000000 is 0x41, the gamepad has the Samsung controller, otherwise it has the Renesas controller.
In practice, I have only seen Renesas controllers so far, so I don't know how rare the Samsung one is. Considering that the I2C controller is part of the SoC, it is likely that the Samsung controller is solely prototype stuff. As further evidence, the diagnostics firmware only supports the Renesas controller.
There are 4 I2C busses, referred to as 1, 2, 3 and 4. Bus 1 appears to be for slave mode, while the others are for master mode. In practice, all the I2C devices are on bus 3, leaving the others unused.
The I2C registers are distributed as follows:
| Base address | Desc. |
|---|---|
| 0xF0005800 | General I2C registers |
| 0xF0005C00 | Bus 1 |
| 0xF0006000 | Bus 2 |
| 0xF0006400 | Bus 3 |
| 0xF0006800 | Bus 4 |
General registers
These registers control the individual busses.
| Address | Desc. |
|---|---|
| 0xF0005800 | IRQ flags |
| 0xF0005804 | Bus enable |
| 0xF0005808 | IRQ acknowledge |
In each register, bit1..4 corresponds to bus 1..4.
Renesas controller
Slave mode (bus 1)
| Offset | Desc. |
|---|---|
| 0x104 | ?? |
| 0x108 | ?? |
| 0x138 | Data 0 |
| 0x13C | Data 1 |
Master mode (bus 2..4)
| Offset | Desc. |
|---|---|
| 0x000 | ??? |
| 0x004 | Data input/output |
| 0x008 | Transfer control |
| 0x010 | ??? |
| 0x018 | Transfer status |
| 0x020 | Status register? |
Base+0x004
Data input/output.
Base+0x008
Transfer control.
| Bits | Desc. |
|---|---|
| 0 | Stop |
| 1 | Start |
| 2 | Read mode? Ack? |
| 3 | Write mode |
| 4 | Enable transfer |
| 5 | Request data (when reading) |
Bit 0 appears to be write-only.
Bit 5 gets cleared after a data byte is received.
TODO: bit 5 is also set at the end of a read??
During a read transfer, the controller seems to automatically know when to send a NACK.
Base+0x018
Transfer status.
| Bits | Desc. |
|---|---|
| 0 | Stop |
| 1 | Start |
| 2 | Ack (from remote) |
| 3 | Direction; 0=reading, 1=writing |
| 7 | Transfer pending |
Base+0x020
Status register of sorts.
| Bits | Desc. |
|---|---|
| 0 | ??? |
| 1 | ??? gets cleared |
| 6 | Transfer pending |
| 7 | ??? |
Samsung controller
Slave mode (bus 1)
TODO
Master mode (bus 2..4)
| Offset | Desc. |
|---|---|
| 0x000 | Transfer control?? |
| 0x004 | ?? |
| 0x00C | Data input/output |
| 0x010 | ?? |
I2C devices
The following devices are connected to the I2C interface:
| Bus | Device ID | Device |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0x18 | Audio amplifier |
| 3 | 0x21 | Camera |
| 3 | 0x39 | LCD |