Rainbow Electronics MAX6690 User Manual
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MAX6690
2°C Accurate Remote/Local Temperature
Sensor with SMBus Serial Interface
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Figure 4. SMBus Write Timing Diagram
Figure 5. SMBus Read Timing Diagram
ACK
7 bits
ADDRESS
ACK
WR
8 bits
DATA
ACK
1
P
8 bits
S
COMMAND
Write Byte Format
Read Byte Format
Send Byte Format
Receive Byte Format
Slave Address: equiva-
lent to chip-select line of
a 3-wire interface
Command Byte: selects which
register you are writing to
Data Byte: data goes into the register
set by the command byte (to set
thresholds, configuration masks, and
sampling rate)
ACK
7 bits
ADDRESS
ACK
WR
S
ACK
8 bits
DATA
7 bits
ADDRESS
RD
8 bits
///
P
S
COMMAND
Slave Address: equiva-
lent to chip-select line
Command Byte: selects
which register you are
reading from
Slave Address: repeated
due to change in data-
flow direction
Data Byte: reads from
the register set by the
command byte
ACK
7 bits
ADDRESS
WR
8 bits
COMMAND
ACK
P
S
ACK
7 bits
ADDRESS
RD
8 bits
DATA
///
P
S
Command Byte: sends com-
mand with no data, usually
used for one-shot command
Data Byte: reads data from
the register commanded
by the last Read Byte or
Write Byte transmission;
also used for SMBus Alert
Response return address
S = Start condition
Shaded = Slave transmission
P = Stop condition
/// = Not acknowledged
SMBCLK
A = START CONDITION
B = MSB OF ADDRESS CLOCKED INTO SLAVE
C = LSB OF ADDRESS CLOCKED INTO SLAVE
D = R/W BIT CLOCKED INTO SLAVE
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
SMBDATA
t
SU:STA
t
HD:STA
t
LOW
t
HIGH
t
SU:DAT
K
L
M
t
SU:STO
t
BUF
E = SLAVE PULLS SMBDATA LINE LOW
F = ACKNOWLEDGE BIT CLOCKED INTO MASTER
G = MSB OF DATA CLOCKED INTO MASTER
H = LSB OF DATA CLOCKED INTO MASTER
I = MASTER PULLS DATA LINE LOW
J = ACKNOWLEDGE CLOCKED INTO SLAVE
K = ACKNOWLEDGE CLEAR PULSE
J = STOP CONDITION, DATA
EXECUTED BY SLAVE
K = NEW START CONDITION
SMBCLK
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
SMBDATA
t
SU:STA
t
HD:STA
t
LOW
t
HIGH
t
SU:DAT
t
HD:DAT
t
SU:STO
t
BUF
A = START CONDITION
B = MSB OF ADDRESS CLOCKED INTO SLAVE
C = LSB OF ADDRESS CLOCKED INTO SLAVE
D = R/W BIT CLOCKED INTO SLAVE
E = SLAVE PULLS SMBDATA LINE LOW
L
M
F = ACKNOWLEDGE BIT CLOCKED INTO MASTER
G = MSB OF DATA CLOCKED INTO SLAVE
H = LSB OF DATA CLOCKED INTO SLAVE
I = SLAVE PULLS SMBDATA LINE LOW
J = ACKNOWLEDGE CLOCKED INTO MASTER
K = ACKNOWLEDGE CLOCK PULSE
L = STOP CONDITION, DATA EXECUTED BY SLAVE
M = NEW START CONDITION
Figure 3. SMBus Protocols