Datasheet

PCA9501_4 © NXP B.V. 2009. All rights reserved.
Product data sheet Rev. 04 — 10 February 2009 13 of 28
NXP Semiconductors
PCA9501
8-bit I
2
C-bus and SMBus I/O port with interrupt, 2-kbit EEPROM
9. Application design-in information
A central processor/controller typically located on the system main board can use the
400 kHz I
2
C-bus/SMBus to poll the PCA9501 devices located on the system cards for
status or version control type of information. The PCA9501 may be programmed at
manufacturing to store information regarding board build, firmware version, manufacturer
identification, configuration option data, and so on. Alternately, these devices can be used
as convenient interface for board configuration, thereby utilizing the I
2
C-bus/SMBus as an
intra-system communication bus
Fig 21. PCA9501 used as interface for board configuration
I
2
C-bus
I
2
C-bus
I
2
C-bus
I
2
C-bus
ASIC
GPIO
CONTROL
EEPROM
monitoring
and
control
configuration control
PCA9501
INPUTS
ALARM
LEDs
I
2
C-bus
card ID, subroutines, configuration data, or revision history
up to
64 cards
BACKPLANE
I
2
C-bus
CPU
OR
µC
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