---
name: "lpbb"
section: "4"
platform: "linux"
package: "freebsd-manpages"
version: "6.0-5"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lpbb"
---

# lpbb(4)

parallel port I2C bit-banging interface

## NAME

**lpbb** – parallel port I2C bit-banging interface

## SYNOPSIS

**device iicbus** **device iicbb**

**device lpbb** **device iic**

## DESCRIPTION

The *lpbb* driver supports the Philips official I2C parallel bit-banging interface.

```
                                         LS05 pin 14 (Vcc) o      -------
                                                           |      |     |
            +--+--+---------------------+--+--+------------+------+-o 1 |
            |  |  |                     |  |  |           ===.1uF | +5V |
  -------- [R][R][R] 3x10K       3x10K [R][R][R]   LS05    |      |     |
  |      |  |  |  |                     |  |  |    pin 7 o-+------+-o 2 |
  | 12 o-+--+  |  |   3|\ 4             |  |  |    (Gnd)          | GND |
  | 17 o-+-----|--|----| >o-------------+--|--|--------------+    |     |
  |      |     |  |    |/        8 /|9     |  |     10 /|11  +----+-o 3 |
  | 15 o-+-----+--|--------------o< |------+--|------o< |----+    | SCL |
  |      |        |   1|\ 2        \|         |        \|         |     |
  |  9 o-+--------|----| >o-------------------+--------------+----+-o 4 |
  |      |        |    |/                            6 /|5   |    | SDA |
  | 11 o-+--------+----------------------------------o< |----+    -------
  | 10 o-+-+                                           \|          4-pin
  | 13 o-+-+--oGND                                              Connector
  | 25 o-+-+      ------------------ Part List --------------------------
  --------        | 1 - .1 uF capacitor   | 6 - 10K 5% resistors        |
  25-pin male D   | 1 - 4-pin connector   | 1 - 25-pin male D connector |
  connector to PC | 1 - 74LS05 open collector hex inverter              |
  printer port    -------------------------------------------------------
```

## SEE ALSO

[iicbb(4)](/iicbb/4.md), [iicbus(4)](/iicbus/4.md), [ppbus(4)](/ppbus/4.md)

## HISTORY

The **lpbb** manual page first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

## AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Nicolas Souchu.