
M24164
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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
The M24164 is a 16 Kbit (2048 x 8) electrically
erasable programmable memory (EEPROM) ac-
cessed by an I
2
C-compatible bus.
Figure 2. Logic Diagram
Table 1. Signal Names
These devices are compatible with a two-wire se-
rial interface that uses a bi-directional data bus
and serial clock. By setting the three chip enables
(E0, E1, E2) appropriately, up to eight 16 Kbit de-
vices can be attached to the same I
2
C bus, and
selected individually.
These devices behave as slave devices, with all
memory operations synchronized by the serial
clock. Read and Write operations are initiated by a
Start condition, generated by the bus master. The
Start condition is followed by a Device Select
Code and RW bit (as described in Table 2), termi-
nated by an acknowledge bit.
When writing data to the memory, the device in-
serts an acknowledge bit during the 9
th
bit time,
following the bus master’s 8-bit transmission.
When data is read by the bus master, the bus
master acknowledges the receipt of the data byte
in the same way. Data transfers are terminated by
a Stop condition after an Ack for Write, and after a
NoAck for Read.
Figure 3. DIP Connections
Figure 4. SO Connections
Power On Reset: V
CC
Lock-Out Write Protect
In order to prevent data corruption and inadvertent
Write operations during Power-up, a Power On
Reset (POR) circuit is included. The internal reset
is held active until V
CC
has reached the POR
threshold value, and all operations are disabled –
the device will not respond to any command. In the
same way, when V
CC
drops from the operating
voltage, below the POR threshold value, all oper-
ations are disabled and the device will not respond
to any command. A stable and valid V
CC
must be
applied before applying any logic signal.
E0, E1, E2
Chip Enable
SDA
Serial Data
SCL
Serial Clock
WC
Write Control
V
CC
Supply Voltage
V
SS
Ground
AI02264
3
E0-E2
SDA
VCC
M24164
WC
SCL
VSS
SDA
VSS
SCL
WC
E1
E2
E0
VCC
AI02265B
M24164
1
2
3
4
8
7
6
5
1
2
3
4
AI02266B
8
7
6
5
SDA
VSS
SCL
WC
E1
E2
E0
VCC
M24164