C-compatible interface – Rainbow Electronics MAX6651 User Manual
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MAX6650/MAX6651
Fan-Speed Regulators and Monitors
with SMBus/I
2
C-Compatible Interface
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Slave Address
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).
Figure 2a. SMBus Protocol: Write Byte Format
Slave Address
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.
Figure 2b. SMBus Protocol: Read Byte Format
Data byte: Reads data
from the register com-
manded by the last
read-byte or write-byte
transmission; also
used for SMBus alert
response return address.
Figure 2c. SMBus Protocol: Receive Byte Format
S = Start condition
Shaded = Slave transmission
WR = Write = 0
P = Stop condition
ACK = Acknowledged = 0
RD = Read =1
A
= Not acknowledged = 1
COMMAND
S
8 bits
P
ACK
DATA
8 bits
WR
0
ACK
ADDRESS
7 bits
ACK
COMMAND
S
8 bits
WR
0
ACK
ADDRESS
7 bits
ACK
S
P
A
DATA
8 bits
RD
1
ADDRESS
7 bits
ACK
S
P
A
DATA
8 bits
RD
1
ADDRESS
7 bits
ACK
Slave Address