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Are the addresses reported by i2cdetect 7-bit or 8-bit I2C addresses? My hope is the more general 7-bit address.

I'm starting to run some experiments, but it would be nice if the manpages were a bit more explicit about the reported format.

$ sudo i2cdetect -y 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1d -- -- 20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 60: -- 61 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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  • There is no mention of 8-bit slave address in I2C spec nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/UM10204.pdf Commented May 24, 2021 at 21:18
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    8-bits is when the 7-bit address is left-shifted one bit and a r/w or indication bit is added. From experiments, pretty sure these are 7-bit addresses being reported because that lsb is a mix of 0 and 1 in the results. Commented May 24, 2021 at 21:20

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my experiments say the same, they are 7 bits addresses, for example i2cdetect returns you 0x33 (0b00110011), however physically on the bus you will see:

  • 0x66 (0x33<<1 and LSB set to 0) master will send data to the slave
  • 0x67 (0x33<<1 and LSB set to 1) master will read the data from the slave
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