From:  Francisco Aguerre <[email protected]>
Reply-To:  <[email protected]>
Date:  Thursday, June 5, 2014 at 12:06 PM
To:  <[email protected]>
Subject:  [beagleboard] Re: I2C pull-ups while BBB is powered off

> Charles,
> 
> Thanks for your response.
> 
> I read the section you mentioned from the I2C standard and it seems that, for
> this to work properly, there has to be pull-up resistors on both sides of the
> FET, which doesn't solve my problem. Maybe I didn't understand something, but
> if I don't pull-up the I2C pins of the BBB, the lines will never go high,
> because the FET will be in its off state.
> 
> I want to avoid pulling the I/O pins high before the BBB is fully powered on.
http://www.ti.com/product/TXS0102?keyMatch=txs&tisearch=Search-EN

Regards,
John
> 
> 
> On Thursday, June 5, 2014 12:47:53 PM UTC-3, Francisco Aguerre wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I'm trying to interface a RTC with my BBB using the I2C bus. The reference
>> manual states that none of the pins in the expansion connectors should be
>> driven while the system is not powered on. I have isolated other inputs using
>> tristate buffers and the SYS_RESETn, but the I2C lines, being bidirectional
>> is a bit trickier. Is it necessary in this case to isolate the lines during
>> power up? I'm connecting the pull-ups to the +3v3 pin on the expansion
>> connector.
>> 
>> If I should isolate the lines, what's the best method? I'm thinking of using
>> a cmos switch to disconnect the resistors during power up, but maybe there
>> are better ideas.
>> 
>> Thnaks!
> 
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