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The crowd requires an address
The crowd requires an address
The I2C bus connects dozens of sensors and controllers using only two shared wires: data and clock. Because there are no dedicated selection lines, every device on the bus hears every transmission. They all remain completely silent, listening to the shared rhythm, until a master broadcasts their specific 7-bit address, at which point the chosen device wakes up and pulls the data line low to acknowledge its name.
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