Manual
MAX15301 PMBus Command Set User’s Guide 
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Output Voltage Related Commands  
VOUT_MODE 
Reference: 
Standard Command 
Lockable: 
No 
Command Code: 
0x20 
Format: 
Mixed: bit-field and 2’s complement 
Data Bytes: 
1 
Units: 
N/A 
Transfer: 
Read Byte 
Factory Value: 
0x14 (Linear Mode, exponent -12) 
Description/Notes: 
See Section 8.2 of the PMBus Specification Part II. 
The MAX15301 only 
supports Linear Mode values for output voltage related commands. The 
VOUT_MODE command is read-only and the value cannot be changed. 
The 5-bit  exponent for output  voltage data is -12, or two’s-complement 10100.  This means that 
voltage command data  sent to  and from  the  MAX15301 using either  the 2-byte  unsigned integer 
mantissa or Direct mantissa formats must be divided by 4096 to determine the actual voltage value. 
VOUT_COMMAND 
Reference: 
Standard Command 
Lockable: 
Yes 
Command Code: 
0x21 
Format: 
Unsigned integer mantissa 
Data Bytes: 
2 
Units: 
V 
Transfer: 
Read/Write Word 
Factory Value: 
0x0001 (see Description) 
Description/Notes: 
See Section 8.2 of the PMBus Specification Part II. 
VOUT_COMMAND mantissa data sent to and from the MAX15301 must be divided by 4096 to 
determine the actual voltage value, according to the fixed value of VOUT_MODE
. 
The factory value of 0x0001 (0.244mV) will be overridden during initialization by the hardware (pin-
strap) value determined by the resistance to ground detected at the SET pin, unless a specific value 
has been written to the User Store. The value of the SET pin resistance is measured only once during 
initialization (power-up). 
In the MAX15301, there are seven possible output voltage ranges based on seven corresponding 
internal feedback divider taps. The value of VOUT_COMMAND is retained and read back from volatile 
memory, regardless of limitations imposed by the feedback divider range. 
New values of VOUT_COMMAND can be written at any time, but large changes (specifically, those 
that require a different feedback divider selection;, see Table 7 of the MAX15301 data sheet)  will 
require the output to be disabled for the feedback divider to change. 
VOUT_TRIM 
Reference: 
Standard Command 
Lockable: 
Yes 
Command Code: 
0x22 
Format: 
Linear 
Data Bytes: 
2 
Units: 
V 
Transfer: 
Read/Write Word 
Factory Value: 
0x0000 (0V) 
Description/Notes: 
See Section 13.3 of the PMBus Specification Part II. 
In the MAX15301, the value of VOUT_TRIM is summed with the value of VOUT_COMMAND and 










