Datasheet

LTC2489
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The Start and Stop Conditions
A Start (S) condition is generated by transitioning SDA from
high to low while SCL is high. The bus is considered to be
busy after the Start condition. When the data transfer is
finished, a Stop (P) condition is generated by transitioning
SDA from low to high while SCL is high. The bus is free
after a Stop is generated. Start and Stop conditions are
always generated by the master.
When the bus is in use, it stays busy if a Repeated Start
(Sr) is generated instead of a Stop condition. The repeated
Start timing is functionally identical to the Start and is
used for writing and reading from the device before the
initiation of a new conversion.
Data Transferring
After the Start condition, the I
2
C bus is busy and data
transfer can begin between the master and the addressed
slave. Data is transferred over the bus in groups of nine
bits, one byte followed by one acknowledge (ACK) bit.
The master releases the SDA line during the ninth SCL
clock cycle. The slave device can issue an ACK by pulling
SDA low or issue a Not Acknowledge (NAK) by leaving
the SDA line high impedance (the external pull-up resistor
will hold the line high). Change of data only occurs while
the clock line (SCL) is low.
DATA FORMAT
After a Start condition, the master sends a 7-bit address
followed by a read/write (R/W) bit. The R/W bit is 1 for
a read request and 0 for a write request. If the 7-bit ad-
dress matches the hard wired, LTC2489’s address (one of
9 pin-selectable addresses) the device is selected. When
the device is addressed during the conversion state, it will
not acknowledge R/W requests and will issue a NAK by
leaving the SDA line high. If the conversion is complete,
the LTC2489 issues an ACK by pulling the SDA line low.
The LTC2489 has two registers. The output register (24
bits long) contains the last conversion result. The input
register (8 bits long) sets the input channel.
DATA OUTPUT FORMAT
The output register contains the last conversion result.
After each conversion is completed, the device automati-
cally enters the sleep state where the supply current is
reduced to 1µA. When the LTC2489 is addressed for a read
operation, it acknowledges (by pulling SDA low) and acts
as a transmitter. The master/receiver can read up to three
bytes from the LTC2489. After a complete read operation
(3 bytes), a new conversion is initiated. The device will
NAK subsequent read operations while a conversion is
being performed.
The data output stream is 24 bits long and is shifted out
on the falling edges of SCL (see Figure 3a). The first bit
is the conversion result sign bit (SIG) (see Tables 1 and
2). This bit is high if V
IN
≥ 0 and low if V
IN
< 0 (where V
IN
corresponds to the selected input signal IN
+
– IN
–
). The
second bit is the most significant bit (MSB) of the result.
The first two bits (SIG and MSB) can be used to indicate
over and under range conditions (see Table 2). If both bits
are HIGH, the differential input voltage is equal to or above
+FS. If both bits are set low, the input voltage is below
–FS. The function of these bits is summarized in Table 2.
The 16 bits following the MSB bit are the conversion
SDA
SCL
SSrPS
t
HD(SDA)
t
HD(DAT)
t
SU(STA)
t
SU(STO)
t
SU(DAT)
t
LOW
t
HD(SDA)
t
SP
t
BUF
t
r
t
f
t
r
t
f
t
HIGH
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Figure 2. Definition of Timing for Fast/Standard Mode Devices on the I
2
C Bus
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