only as an input. A pullup resistor, typically 4.7k

Ω, is

required on SCL if there are multiple masters on the 2-

wire interface, or if the master in a single-master system

has an open-drain SCL output.

Each transmission consists of a START condition

(Figure 3) sent by a master, followed by the MAX7313

7-bit slave address plus R/W bit, a register address

byte, one or more data bytes, and finally a STOP condi-

tion (Figure 3).

Start and Stop Conditions

Both SCL and SDA remain high when the interface is

not busy. A master signals the beginning of a transmis-

sion with a START (S) condition by transitioning SDA

from high to low while SCL is high. When the master

has finished communicating with the slave, it issues a

STOP (P) condition by transitioning SDA from low to

high while SCL is high. The bus is then free for another

transmission (Figure 3).

Bit Transfer

One data bit is transferred during each clock pulse.

The data on SDA must remain stable while SCL is high

(Figure 4).

Acknowledge

The acknowledge bit is a clocked 9th bit that the recipi-

ent uses to handshake receipt of each byte of data

(Figure 5). Thus, each byte transferred effectively

requires 9 bits. The master generates the 9th clock

pulse, and the recipient pulls down SDA during the

acknowledge clock pulse so the SDA line is stable low

during the high period of the clock pulse. When the

master is transmitting to the MAX7313, the device gen-

erates the acknowledge bit because the MAX7313 is

the recipient. When the MAX7313 is transmitting to the

master, the master generates the acknowledge bit

because the master is the recipient.

Slave Address

The MAX7313 has a 7-bit long slave address (Figure 6).

The eighth bit following the 7-bit slave address is the

R/W bit. The R/W bit is low for a write command, high

for a read command.

The slave address bits A6 through A0 are selected by

the address inputs AD0, AD1, and AD2. These pins can

be connected to GND, V+, SDA, or SCL. The MAX7313

has 64 possible slave addresses (Table 1) and, there-

fore, a maximum of 64 MAX7313 devices can be con-

trolled independently from the same interface.

Message Format for Writing the MAX7313

A write to the MAX7313 comprises the transmission of

the MAX7313’s slave address with the R/W bit set to

zero, followed by at least 1 byte of information. The first

byte of information is the command byte. The command

byte determines which register of the MAX7313 is to be

written to by the next byte, if received (Table 2). If a

STOP condition is detected after the command byte is

received, then the MAX7313 takes no further action

beyond storing the command byte.

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Figure 3. Start and Stop Conditions

SDA

SCL

START

CONDITION

STOP

CONDITION

SP

Figure 4. Bit Transfer

SDA

SCL

DATA LINE STABLE;

DATA VALID

CHANGE OF DATA

ALLOWED

Figure 5. Acknowledge

SCL

SDA BY

TRANSMITTER

CLOCK PULSE

FOR ACKNOWLEDGE

START

CONDITION

SDA BY

RECEIVER

12

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S

Figure 6. Slave Address

SDA

SCL

A5

MSB

LSB

ACK

A4

A1

A6

A3

A0

A2

R/W