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DS21072G-page 5

24LC32

3.6

Device Addressing

A control byte is the first byte received following the

start condition from the master device. The control byte

consists of a four bit control code; for the 24LC32 this

is set as 1010 binary for read and write operations. The

next three bits of the control byte are the device select

bits (A2, A1, A0). They are used by the master device

to select which of the eight devices are to be accessed.

These bits are in effect the three most significant bits of

the word address. The last bit of the control byte

defines the operation to be performed. When set to a

one a read operation is selected, and when set to a

zero a write operation is selected. The next two bytes

received define the address of the first data byte

(Figure 3-3). Because only A11...A0 are used, the

upper four address bits must be zeros. The most signif-

icant bit of the most significant byte of the address is

transferred first.

Following the start condition, the 24LC32 monitors the

SDA bus checking the device type identifier being

transmitted. Upon receiving a 1010 code and appropri-

ate device select bits, the slave device outputs an

acknowledge signal on the SDA line. Depending on

the state of the R/W bit, the 24LC32 will select a read

or write operation.

FIGURE 3-2:

CONTROL BYTE

ALLOCATION

Operation

Control

Code

Device Select

R/W

Read

1010

Device Address

1

Write

1010

Device Address

0

SLAVE ADDRESS

1

0

1

0

A2

A1

A0

R/W

A

START

READ/WRITE

FIGURE 3-3:

ADDRESS SEQUENCE BIT ASSIGNMENTS

1

010

A

2

A

1

A

0 R/W

0

000

A

11

A

10

A

9

A

7

A

0

A

8

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•

•

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SLAVE

ADDRESS

DEVICE

SELECT

BUS

CONTROL BYTE

ADDRESS BYTE 1

ADDRESS BYTE 0