Rainbow Electronics DS1672 - Manual (Page 10)

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2-Wire Serial Data Bus
The DS1672 supports a bidirectional 2-wire bus and data transmission protocol. A device that sends data
onto the bus is defined as a transmitter and a device receiving data as a receiver. The device that controls
the message is called a “master.” The devices that are controlled by the master are “slaves.” The bus must
be controlled by a master device that generates the serial clock (SCL), controls the bus access, and
generates the START and STOP conditions. The DS1672 operates as a slave on the 2-wire bus.
Connections to the bus are made via the open-drain I/O lines SDA and SCL.
The following bus protocol has been defined (Figure 6):
§ Data transfer may be initiated only when the bus is not busy.
§ During data transfer, the data line must remain stable whenever the clock line is HIGH. Changes in
the data line while the clock line is high will be interpreted as control signals.
Accordingly, the following bus conditions have been defined:
Bus not busy: Both data and clock lines remain HIGH.
Start data transfer: A change in the state of the data line from high to low, while the clock line is high,
defines a START condition.
Stop data transfer: A change in the state of the data line from low to high, while the clock line is high,
defines a STOP condition.
Data valid: The state of the data line represents valid data when, after a START condition, the data line
is stable for the duration of the high period of the clock signal. The data on the line must be changed
during the low period of the clock signal. There is one clock pulse per bit of data.
Each data transfer is initiated with a START condition and terminated with a STOP condition. The
number of data bytes transferred between the START and the STOP conditions is not limited, and is
determined by the master device. The information is transferred byte-wise and each receiver
acknowledges with a ninth bit. Within the 2-wire bus specifications a standard mode (100kHz clock rate)
and a fast mode (400kHz clock rate) are defined.
Acknowledge: Each receiving device, when addressed, is obliged to generate an acknowledge after the
reception of each byte. The master device must generate an extra clock pulse that is associated with this
acknowledge bit.
A device that acknowledges must pull down the SDA line during the acknowledge clock pulse in such a
way that the SDA line is stable LOW during the HIGH period of the acknowledge related clock pulse. Of
course, setup and hold times must be taken into account. A master must signal an end of data to the slave
by not generating an acknowledge bit on the last byte that has been clocked out of the slave. In this case,
the slave must leave the data line HIGH to enable the master to generate the STOP condition.