MAX16068 Datasheet, PDF(24/40 Page) Maxim Integrated Products – 6-Channel, Flash-Configurable System Manager with Nonvolatile Fault Registers

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6-Channel, Flash-Configurable System Manager

with Nonvolatile Fault Registers

A master device communicates to the MAX16068 by

transmitting the proper address followed by command

and/or data words. The slave address input, A0, is

capable of detecting four different states, allowing mul-

tiple identical devices to share the same serial bus. The

slave address is described further in the Slave Address

section. Each transmit sequence is framed by a START

(S) or REPEATED START (Sr) condition and a STOP (P)

condition. Each word transmitted over the bus is 8 bits

long and is always followed by an acknowledge pulse.

SCL is a logic input, while SDA is an open-drain input/

output. SCL and SDA both require external pullup resis-

tors to generate the logic-high voltage. Use 4.7kI for

most applications.

Bit Transfer

Each clock pulse transfers one data bit. The data on

SDA must remain stable while SCL is high (Figure 6);

otherwise, the MAX16068 registers a START or STOP

condition (Figure 7) from the master. SDA and SCL idle

high when the bus is not busy.

START and STOP Conditions

Both SCL and SDA idle high when the bus is not busy.

A master device signals the beginning of a transmission

with a START condition by transitioning SDA from high to

low while SCL is high. The master device issues a STOP

condition by transitioning SDA from low to high while

SCL is high. A STOP condition frees the bus for another

transmission. The bus remains active if a REPEATED

START condition is generated, such as in the block read

protocol (see Figure 1, SMBus Timing Diagram).

Early STOP Conditions

The MAX16068 recognizes a STOP condition at any point

during transmission except if a STOP condition occurs in

the same high pulse as a START condition. This condition

is not a legal SMBus format; at least one clock pulse must

separate any START and STOP condition.

REPEATED START Conditions

A REPEATED START can be sent instead of a STOP

condition to maintain control of the bus during a read

operation. The START and REPEATED START conditions

are functionally identical.

SDA

SCL

DATA LINE STABLE, CHANGE OF

DATA VALID DATA ALLOWED

Figure 6. Bit Transfer

SCL S

START

CONDITION

Figure 7. START and STOP Conditions

STOP

CONDITION

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