Philips Semiconductors

PCF8598C-2

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Product data

Rev. 06 — 22 October 2004

6 of 21

9397 750 14219

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8.

Functional description

serial bus consists of two bidirectional lines; one for data signals (SDA), and one for

clock signals (SCL).

Both the SDA and SCL lines must be connected to a positive supply voltage via a

pull-up resistor.

The following protocol has been defined:

HIGH. Changes in the data line while the clock line is HIGH will be interpreted as

control signals.

8.1.1

Bus conditions

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 is HIGH, defines the START condition.

Stop data transfer — A change in the state of the data line, from LOW-to-HIGH,

while the clock is HIGH, defines the 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. There is one clock pulse per bit of data.

8.1.2

Data transfer

Each data transfer is initiated with a START condition and terminated with a STOP

condition. The number of the data bytes, transferred between the START and STOP

conditions is limited to 7 bytes in the E/W mode and 8 bytes in the Page E/W mode.

Data transfer is unlimited in the read mode. The information is transmitted in bytes

and each receiver acknowledges with a ninth bit.

fast-speed mode (400 kHz clock rate) are defined. The PCF8598C-2 operates in only

the standard-speed mode.

By definition, a device that sends a signal is called a ‘transmitter’, and the device

which receives the signal is called a ‘receiver’. The device which controls the signal is

called the ‘master’. The devices that are controlled by the master are called ‘slaves’.

Each byte is followed by one acknowledge bit. This acknowledge bit is a HIGH level,

put on the bus by the transmitter. The master generates an extra acknowledge related

clock pulse. The slave receiver which is addressed is obliged to generate an

acknowledge after the reception of each byte.