Datasheet

MCP4017/18/19
DS22147A-page 36 © 2009 Microchip Technology Inc.
5.2.9 I
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C COMMAND PROTOCOL
The MCP4017/18/19 is a slave I
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C device which
supports 7-bit slave addressing. The slave address
contains seven fixed bits. Figure 5-9 shows the control
byte format.
5.2.9.1 Control Byte (Slave Address)
The Control Byte is always preceded by a START
condition. The Control Byte contains the slave address
consisting of seven fixed bits and the R/W bit. Figure 5-
9 shows the control byte format and Table 5-2 shows
the I
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C address for the devices.
FIGURE 5-9: Slave Address Bits in the
I
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C Control Byte.
TABLE 5-2: DEVICE I
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C ADDRESS
5.2.9.2 Hardware Address Pins
The MCP4017/MCP4018/MCP4019 does not support
hardware address bits.
5.2.10 GENERAL CALL
The General Call is a method that the Master device
can communicate with all other Slave devices.
The MCP4017/18/19 devices do not respond to
General Call address and commands, and therefore
the communications are Not Acknowledged.
FIGURE 5-10: General Call Formats.
SA6A5A4A3A2A1A0R/W
A/A
Start
bit
Slave Address
R/W bit
A bit (controlled by slave device)
R/W = 0 = write
R/W = 1 = read
A = 0 = Slave Device Acknowledges byte
A
= 1 = Slave Device does not Acknowledge byte
“0” “1” “0” “1” “1” “1” “1”
Device I
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C Address Comment
MCP4017 ‘0101111’
MCP4018 ‘0101111’
MCP4019 ‘0101111’
0000S 0000 XxxxxAxx0AP
General Call Address
Second Byte
“7-bit Command”
Reserved 7-bit Commands (By I
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C Specification - Philips # 9398 393 40011, Ver. 2.1 January 2000)
‘0000 011’b - Reset and write programmable part of slave address by hardware.
‘0000 010’b - Write programmable part of slave address by hardware.
‘0000 000’b - NOT Allowed
The Following is a “Hardware General Call” Format
0000S 0000 XxxxxA xx1A
General Call Address
Second Byte
“7-bit Command”
Xxxxx xxXAP
n occurrences of (Data + A / A)
This indicates a “Hardware General Call”
MCP4016/7/8/9 will ignore this byte and
all following bytes (and A), until
a Stop bit (P) is encountered.