DS1077L

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Figure 2 details how data transfer is accomplished on the 2-wire bus. Depending upon the state of the

R/W bit, two types of data transfer are possible:

1) Data transfer from a master transmitter to a slave receiver. The first byte transmitted by the

master is the slave address. Next, follows a number of data bytes. The slave returns an acknowledge

bit after each received byte.

2) Data transfer from a slave transmitter to a master receiver. The first byte (the slave address) is

transmitted by the master. The slave then returns an acknowledge bit. Next, follows a number of data

bytes transmitted by the slave to the master. The master returns an acknowledge bit after all received

bytes other than the last byte. At the end of the last received byte, a ‘not acknowledge’ is returned.

The master device generates all of the serial clock pulses and the START and STOP conditions. A

transfer is ended with a STOP condition or with a repeated START condition. Since a repeated START

condition is also the beginning of the next serial transfer, the bus will not be released.

The DS1077L can operate in the following two modes:

1) Slave receiver mode: Serial data and clock are received through SDA and SCL. After each byte is

received, an acknowledge bit is transmitted. START and STOP conditions are recognized as the

beginning and end of a serial transfer. Address recognition is performed by hardware after reception

of the slave address and direction bit.

2) Slave transmitter mode: The first byte is received and handled as in the slave receiver mode.

However, in this mode, the direction bit will indicate that the transfer direction is reversed. Serial data

is transmitted on SDA by the DS1077L while the serial clock is input on SCL. START and STOP

conditions are recognized as the beginning and end of a serial transfer.

SLAVE ADDRESS

A control byte is the first byte received following the START condition from the master device. The

control byte consists of a four-bit control code; for the DS1077L, this is set as 1011 binary for read and

write operations. The next three bits of the control byte are the device select bits (A2, A1, and A0) and

can be written to the EEPROM. They are used by the master device to select which of eight devices are to

be accessed. The select bits are in effect the three least significant bits of the slave address. The last bit of

selected, and when set to a zero a write operation is selected. Following the START condition, the

DS1077L monitors the SDA bus checking the device type identifier being transmitted. Upon receiving the

1011 code (changeable with one mask) and appropriate device select bits, the slave device outputs an

acknowledge signal on the SDA line.