X24C16 Datasheet, PDF (4/15 Pages) Xicor Inc. – Serial E2PROM

X24C16
Stop Condition
All communications must be terminated by a stop con-
dition, which is a LOW to HIGH transition of SDA when
SCL is HIGH. The stop condition is also used by the
X24C16 to place the device into the standby power
mode after a read sequence. A stop condition can only
be issued after the transmitting device has released the
bus.
Acknowledge
Acknowledge is a software convention used to indicate
successful data transfer. The transmitting device, either
master or slave, will release the bus after transmitting
eight bits. During the ninth clock cycle the receiver will
pull the SDA line LOW to acknowledge that it received
the eight bits of data. Refer to Figure 3.
Figure 2. Definition of Start and Stop
The X24C16 will respond with an acknowledge after
recognition of a start condition and its slave address. If
both the device and a write operation have been se-
lected, the X24C16 will respond with an acknowledge
after the receipt of each subsequent eight bit word.
In the read mode the X24C16 will transmit eight bits of
data, release the SDA line and monitor the line for an
acknowledge. If an acknowledge is detected and no
stop condition is generated by the master, the X24C16
will continue to transmit data. If an acknowledge is not
detected, the X24C16 will terminate further data trans-
missions. The master must then issue a stop condition
to return the X24C16 to the standby power mode and
place the device into a known state.
SCL
SDA
START BIT
Figure 3. Acknowledge Response From Receiver
SCL FROM
MASTER
1
DATA
OUTPUT
FROM
TRANSMITTER
DATA
OUTPUT
FROM
RECEIVER
START
STOP BIT
3840 FHD F07
8
9
ACKNOWLEDGE
3840 FHD F08
4