SMS8198
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE I
2
C BUS
General Description
The I
2
C bus was designed for two-way, two-line serial
communication between different integrated circuits. The
two lines are: a serial data line (SDA), and a serial clock
line (SCL). The SDA line must be connected to a positive
supply by a pull-up resistor, located somewhere on the
bus. Data transfer between devices may be initiated with
a START condition only when SCL and SDA are HIGH
(bus is not busy).
Input Data Protocol
One data bit is transferred during each clock pulse. The
data on the SDA line must remain stable during clock
HIGH time, because changes on the data line while SCL
is HIGH will be interpreted as start or stop condition (See
Figure 2).
START and STOP Conditions
When both the data and clock lines are HIGH, the bus is
said to be not busy. A HIGH-to-LOW transition on the data
line, while the clock is HIGH, is defined as the “START”
condition. A LOW-to-HIGH transition on the data line,
while the clock is HIGH, is defined as the “STOP” condi-
tion (See Figure 3).
DEVICE OPERATION
The SMS8198 is a 16,384-bit serial E
2
PROM. The device
supports the I
2
C bidirectional data transmission protocol.
The protocol defines any device that sends data onto the
bus as a “transmitter” and any device which receives data
as a “receiver.” The device controlling data transmission
is called the “master” and the controlled device is called
the “slave.” In all cases, the SMS8198 will be a “slave”
device, since it never initiates any data transfers.
Acknowledge (ACK)
Acknowledge is a software convention used to indicate
successful data transfers. The transmitting device, either
the master or the slave, will release the bus after transmit-
1
ting eight bits. During the ninth clock cycle, the receiver will
pull the SDA line LOW to ACKnowledge that it received the
eight bits of data (See Figure 4).
The SMS8198 will respond with an ACKnowledge after
recognition of a START condition and its slave address
byte. If both the device and a write operation are selected,
the SMS8198 will respond with an ACKnowledge after the
receipt of each subsequent 8-bit word.
In the READ mode, the SMS8198 transmits eight bits of
data, then releases the SDA line, and monitors the line for
an ACKnowledge signal. If an ACKnowledge is detected,
and no STOP condition is generated by the master, the
SMS8198 will continue to transmit data. If an
ACKnowledge is not detected, the SMS8198 will terminate
further data transmissions and awaits a STOP condition
before returning to the standby power mode.
Device Addressing
Following a start condition the master must output the
address of the slave it is accessing. The most significant
four bits of the slave address are the device type identifier
(see figure 5). For the SMS8198 this is fixed as 1010
bin
.
Word Address
The next three bits of the slave address are an extension
of the array’s address and are concatenated with the eight
bits of address in the word address field, providing direct
access to the 2,048 X 8 array.
Read/Write Bit
The last bit of the data stream defines the operation to be
performed. When set to “1,” a read operation is selected;
when set to “0,” a write operation is selected.
DEVICE
IDENTIFIER
HIGH ORDER
WORD ADDRESS
0
1
0
A10
A9
A8
R/W
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Figure 5. Slave Address Byte
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