Rev. 1.10
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November 26, 2019
Rev. 1.10
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November 26, 2019
HT68FB240
USB Low Speed Flash MCU
I
2
C Bus Slave Address
The transmission of a START signal by the master will be detected by all devices on the I
2
C bus.
To determine which slave device the master wishes to communicate with, the address of the slave
device will be sent out immediately following the START signal. All slave devices, after receiving
this 7-bit address data, will compare it with their own 7-bit slave address. If the address sent out by
the master matches the internal address of the microcontroller slave device, then an internal I
2
C bus
interrupt signal will be generated. The next bit following the address, which is the 8th bit, defines
the read/write status and will be saved to the SRW bit of the SIMC1 register. The slave device will
then transmit an acknowledge bit, which is a low level, as the 9th bit. The slave device will also set
the status flag HAAS when the addresses match.
As an I
2
C bus interrupt can come from two sources, when the program enters the interrupt
subroutine, the HAAS bit should be examined to see whether the interrupt source has come from
a matching slave address or from the completion of a data byte transfer. When a slave address is
matched, the device must be placed in either the transmit mode and then write data to the SIMD
register, or in the receive mode where it must implement a dummy read from the SIMD register to
release the SCL line.
I
2
C Bus Read/Write Signal
The SRW bit in the SIMC1 register defines whether the slave device wishes to read data from the
I
2
C bus or write data to the I
2
C bus. The slave device should examine this bit to determine if it is to
be a transmitter or a receiver. If the SRW flag is "1" then this indicates that the master device wishes
to read data from the I
2
C bus, therefore the slave device must be setup to send data to the I
2
C bus as
a transmitter. If the SRW flag is "0" then this indicates that the master wishes to send data to the I
2
C
bus, therefore the slave device must be setup to read data from the I
2
C bus as a receiver.
I
2
C Bus Slave Address Acknowledge Signal
After the master has transmitted a calling address, any slave device on the I
2
C bus, whose
own internal address matches the calling address, must generate an acknowledge signal. The
acknowledge signal will inform the master that a slave device has accepted its calling address. If no
acknowledge signal is received by the master then a STOP signal must be transmitted by the master
to end the communication. When the HAAS flag is high, the addresses have matched and the slave
device must check the SRW flag to determine if it is to be a transmitter or a receiver. If the SRW flag
is high, the slave device should be setup to be a transmitter so the HTX bit in the SIMC1 register
should be set to "1". If the SRW flag is low, then the microcontroller slave device should be setup as
a receiver and the HTX bit in the SIMC1 register should be set to "0".
I
2
C Bus Data and Acknowledge Signal
The transmitted data is 8-bit wide and is transmitted after the slave device has acknowledged receipt
of its slave address. The order of serial bit transmission is the MSB first and the LSB last. After
receipt of 8
bits of data, the receiver must transmit an acknowledge signal, level "0", before it can
receive the next data byte. If the slave transmitter does not receive an acknowledge bit signal from
the master receiver, then the slave transmitter will release the SDA line to allow the master to send
a STOP signal to release the I
2
C Bus. The corresponding data will be stored in the SIMD register.
If setup as a transmitter, the slave device must first write the data to be transmitted into the SIMD
register. If setup as a receiver, the slave device must read the transmitted data from the SIMD register.
When the slave receiver receives the data byte, it must generate an acknowledge bit, known as
TXAK, on the 9th clock. The slave device, which is setup as a transmitter will check the RXAK bit
in the SIMC1 register to determine if it is to send another data byte, if not then it will release the
SDA line and await the receipt of a STOP signal from the master.