I²C frequency changeable?

Question

Is the I²C frequency meanwhile changeable? I read a few articles a while ago, that the frequency is not changeable.

Answer 1

Yes it is, for all the info available on the I2C interface (which is part of the BSC, Broadcom Serial Controller), I suggest reading Chapter 3 (BSC) of the BCM2835 ARM Peripherals datasheets.

On the first page of Chapter 3, it mentions the Clock Divider register. On page 33, it explains this register in more depth:

Clock Divider

SCL = core clock / CDIV

Where core_clk is nominally 150 MHz. If CDIV is set to 0, the divisor is 32768. CDIV is always rounded down to an even number. The default value should result in a 100 kHz I2C clock frequency.