ZL50400GDC ZARLINK [Zarlink Semiconductor Inc], ZL50400GDC Datasheet - Page 28

• Manufacturer Part Number: ZL50400GDC
• Description: Lightly Managed/Unmanaged 9-Port 10/100 M Ethernet Switch
• Manufacturer: ZARLINK [Zarlink Semiconductor Inc]

3.2.2
The first byte after the Start condition determines which slave the master will select. The slave in our case is the
EEPROM. The first seven bits of the first data byte make up the slave address.
3.2.3
The eighth bit in the first byte after the Start condition determines the direction (R/W) of the message. A master
transmitter sets this bit to W; a master receiver sets this bit to R.
3.2.4
Like all clock pulses, the acknowledgment-related clock pulse is generated by the master. However, the transmitter
releases the SDA line (High) during the acknowledgment clock pulse. Furthermore, the receiver must pull-down the
SDA line during the acknowledge pulse so that it remains stable Low during the High period of this clock pulse. An
acknowledgment pulse follows every byte transfer.
If a slave receiver does not acknowledge after any byte, then the master generates a Stop condition and aborts the
transfer.
If a master receiver does not acknowledge after any byte, then the slave transmitter must release the SDA line to let
the master generate the Stop condition.
3.2.5
After the first byte containing the address, all bytes that follow are data bytes. Each byte must be followed by an
acknowledge bit. Data is transferred MSB first.
3.2.6
Generated by the master. The bus is considered to be free after the Stop condition is generated. The Stop condition
occurs if while the SCL line is High, there is a Low-to-High transition of the SDA line.
3.3
The synchronous serial interface (SSI) serves the function of configuring the ZL50400 not at boot time but via a PC.
The PC serves as master and the ZL50400 serves as slave. The protocol for the synchronous serial interface is
nearly identical to the I²C protocol. The main difference is that there is no acknowledgment bit after each byte of
data transferred. Debounce logic on the clock signal (STROBE) can be turned off to speedup command time.
3 ID bits are used to allow up to eight ZL50400 devices to share the same synchronous serial interface. The ID of
each device can be setup by bootstrap.
To reduce the number of signals required, the register address, command and data are shifted in serially through
the DATAIN pin. STROBE- pin is used as the shift clock. DATAOUT pin is used as data return path.
Each command consists of four parts.
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Write operation can be aborted in the middle by sending an ABORT pulse to the ZL50400. Read operation can only
be aborted before issuing the read command to the ZL50400.
A START command is detected when DATAIN is sampled high when STROBE- rise and DATAIN is sampled low
when STROBE- fall.
START pulse
Register Address
Read or Write command
Data to be written or read back
Synchronous Serial Interface
Address
Data Direction
Acknowledgment
Data
Stop Condition
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