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LIS2DW12TR IC capacitance

okay_computer
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1) What capacitance does the LIS2DW12TR introduce to the I2C bus lines?

2) What is it's maximum bus capacitance threshold in normal I2C mode (100khz)?

The datasheet doesn't have info on either of these points. It only quotes that the max bus capacitance in fast/high-speed mode. 

Help here would be great as I'm calculating the RC constant on my I2C lines, as I think they're causing I2C to not work!

 

Thanks!

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Federica Bossi
ST Employee

Hi @okay_computer ,

We don't provide the exact value but certainly it must not exceed the specification capacity limits found in the literature, for example in this document.

However, it is not recommended to put capacitances on the I2C lines. Indeed, the capacitance creates with the resistor an RC filter which attenuates the clock front, and by increasing the capacitance, the clock may no longer a square wave, and the I2C stops working.

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