
       SMM764 
Preliminary Information 
Summit Microelectronics, Inc 
2098  1.1  6/29/2005 
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SERIAL INTERFACE 
Access to the configuration registers, general-purpose 
memory and command and status registers is carried 
out over an industry standard 2-wire serial interface 
(I
2
C). SDA is a bi-directional data line and SCL is a 
clock input.  Data is clocked in on the rising edge of 
SCL and clocked out on the falling edge of SCL.  All 
data transfers begin with the MSB.  During data 
transfers SDA must remain stable while SCL is high.  
Data is transferred in 8-bit packets with an intervening 
clock period in which an Acknowledge is provided by 
the device receiving data.  The SCL high period (t
HIGH
) 
is used for generating Start and Stop conditions that 
precede and end most transactions on the serial bus.  
A high-to-low transition of SDA while SCL is high is 
considered a Start condition while a low-to-high 
transition of SDA while SCL is high is considered a 
Stop condition. 
The interface protocol allows operation of multiple 
devices and types of devices on a single bus through 
unique device addressing.  The address byte is 
comprised of a 4-bit device type identifier SA[3:0] 
(slave address) and a 3-bit bus address BA[2:0].  The 
remaining bit indicates either a read or a write 
operation.  Refer to Table 1 for a description of the 
address bytes used by the SMM764. 
The device type identifier for the memory array is 
generally set to 1010
BIN
 following the industry standard 
for a typical nonvolatile memory.  There is an option to 
change the identifier to 1011
BIN
 allowing it to be used 
on a bus that may be occupied by other memory 
devices.  The configuration registers are grouped with 
the memory array and thus use 1010
BIN
 or 1011
BIN
 as 
the device type identifier.  The command and status 
registers as well as the 10-bit ADC are accessible with 
the separate device type identifier of 1001
BIN
. 
The bus address bits BA[1:0] are programmed into the 
configuration registers.  Bus address bit BA[2] can be 
programmed as either 0 or biased by the A2 pin.  The 
bus address accessed in the address byte of the serial 
data stream must match the setting in the SMM764 
and on the A2 pin. 
Any access to the SMM764 on the I
2
C bus will 
temporarily halt the monitoring function.  This does not 
affect the ADOC function, which will continue 
functioning and control the DC outputs.  This is true 
not only during the monitor mode, but also during 
power-on and power-off sequencing when the device 
is monitoring the channels to determine if they have 
turned on or turned off. 
The SMM764 halts the monitor function from when it 
acknowledges the address byte until a valid stop is 
received. 
WRITE 
Writing to the memory or a configuration register is 
illustrated in Figures 13, 14, 15, 17 and 19.  A Start 
condition followed by the address byte is provided by 
the host; the SMM764 responds with an Acknowledge; 
the host then responds by sending the memory 
address pointer or configuration register address 
pointer; the SMM764 responds with an acknowledge; 
the host then clocks in on byte of data.  For memory 
and configuration register writes, up to 15 additional 
bytes of data can be clocked in by the host to write to 
consecutive addresses within the same page.  After 
the last byte is clocked in and the host receives an 
Acknowledge, a Stop condition must be issued to 
initiate the nonvolatile write operation. 
READ 
The address pointer for the configuration registers, 
memory, command and status registers and ADC 
registers must be set before data can be read from the 
SMM764.  This is accomplished by a issuing a dummy 
write command, which is simply a write command that 
is not followed by a Stop condition.  The dummy write 
command sets the address from which data is read.  
After the dummy write command is issued, a Start 
command followed by the address byte is sent from 
the host.  The host then waits for an Acknowledge and 
then begins clocking data out of the slave device.  The 
first byte read is data from the address pointer set 
during the dummy write command.  Additional bytes 
can be clocked out of consecutive addresses with the 
host providing an Acknowledge after each byte.  After 
the data is read from the desired registers, the read 
operation is terminated by the host holding SDA high 
during the Acknowledge clock cycle and then issuing a 
Stop condition.  Refer to Figures 16, 18 and 21 for an 
illustration of the read sequence. 
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2
C PROGRAMMING INFORMATION