Philips Semiconductors

Product data sheet

PCA9546

2004 Sep 30

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or modules. The two lines are a serial data line (SDA) and a serial

clock line (SCL). Both lines must be connected to a positive supply

via a pull-up resistor when connected to the output stages of a device.

Data transfer may be initiated only when the bus is not busy.

Bit transfer

One data bit is transferred during each clock pulse. The data on the

SDA line must remain stable during the HIGH period of the clock

pulse as changes in the data line at this time will be interpreted as

control signals (see Figure 6).

SDA

SCL

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data line

stable;

data valid

change

of data

allowed

Figure 6. Bit transfer

Start and stop conditions

Both data and clock lines remain HIGH when the bus is not busy. A

HIGH-to-LOW transition of the data line, while the clock is HIGH is

defined as the start condition (S). A LOW-to-HIGH transition of the

data line while the clock is HIGH is defined as the stop condition (P)

(see Figure 7).

System configuration

A device generating a message is a ‘transmitter’, a device receiving

is the ‘receiver’. The device that controls the message is the

‘master’ and the devices which are controlled by the master are the

‘slaves’ (see Figure 8).

SDA

SCL

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S

P

SDA

SCL

START condition

STOP condition

Figure 7. Definition of start and stop conditions

MASTER

TRANSMITTER/

RECEIVER

SLAVE

RECEIVER

SLAVE

TRANSMITTER/

RECEIVER

MASTER

TRANSMITTER

MASTER

TRANSMITTER/

RECEIVER

SDA

SCL

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MULTIPLEXER

SLAVE

Figure 8. System configuration