I2C...resistors?

[BuddingContraptionist]

I bought this rangefinder.  It lets you communicate via either I2C or Serial, and I want to do I2C (because it uses a 3.3v serial signal, and i don't want to build a 3.3-to-232 converter).  I've read this awesomely informative primer, and I have a question.  Page 4 says that because the SCL & SDA lines are bi-directional, the "open drain thus must be pulled up with resistors."

I have an axon which has that I2C bus in the upper right center of the board.  Can I wire straight from my SCL & SDA lines on my rangefinder directly to these pins on the axon, or do I need resistors?

[fendi]

i think maybe you should check first ,
if in SDA and SCL pin has a conection to resistor like pull up circuit. no need to add pull up resistor again.

[Admin]

From the SRF02 datasheet:

The SCL and SDA lines should each have a pull-up resistor to +5v somewhere on the I2C bus. You only need one pair of resistors, not a pair for every module.

There are no hardware resistors on the Axon I2C bus, but you can activate pull-up resistors in software.

Here is an i2c.c snippet from AVRlib:

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// functions
void i2cInit(void)
{
// set pull-up resistors on I2C bus pins
// TODO: should #ifdef these
sbi(PORTC, 0); // i2c SCL on ATmega163,323,16,32,etc
sbi(PORTC, 1); // i2c SDA on ATmega163,323,16,32,etc
sbi(PORTD, 0); // i2c SCL on ATmega128,64
sbi(PORTD, 1); // i2c SDA on ATmega128,64
On the Axon, SCL is D0, and SDA is D1.