{
 "id": "a-second-device-on-the-same-bus-is",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "A second device on the same bus is what separates a device fault from a controller fault, and without it the two are indistinguishable",
 "symptom": "A peripheral returns corrupt bytes above a clock threshold and the obvious description of the mechanism fits the host controller just as well as it fits the peripheral. Prefetching, pipelining and auto-increment all exist on both sides of the bus, so an explanation in those terms can be written either way and reads as authoritative in both. Nothing in the failing device's own data distinguishes them.",
 "hw": [
  "i2c",
  "apds-9960",
  "lsm6dsox",
  "rp2040"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Decide whether corruption on a bus belongs to the peripheral or to the host controller",
 "date": "2026-08-22",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}