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The DS125RT410 can be configured with any of 16 SMBus addresses. The SMBus addressing scheme uses the
least-significant bit of the SMBus address as the Read/Write_N address bit. When an SMBus device is
addressed for writing, this bit is set to 0; for reading, to 1.
below shows the write address setting for the
DS125RT410 versus the values latched in on the address lines at power-up.
The address byte sent by the SMBus master over the SMBus is always 8 bits long. The least-significant bit
indicates whether the address is for a write operation, in which the master will output data to the SMBus to be
read by the slave, or a read operation, in which the slave will output data to the SMBus to be read by the master.
if the least-significant bit is a 0, the address is for a write operation. If it is a 1, the address is for a read
operation. Accordingly, SMBus addresses are sometimes referred to as seven-bit addresses. To produce the
write address for the SMBus, the seven-bit address is left-shifted by one bit. To produce the read address, it is
left shifted by one bit and the least-significant bit is set to 1.
shows the seven-bit addresses
corresponding to each set of address line values.
When the DS125RT410 is used in SMBus slave mode, the READ_EN pin must be tied low. If it is tied high or
floating, the DS125RT410 will not latch in its address from the address lines on power-up. When the READ_EN
pin is tied high in SMBus slave mode i.e. when the EN_SMB pin (pin 20) is tied high, the DS125RT410 will revert
to an SMBus write address of 0x30. This is a test feature. If there are multiple DS125RT410s on the same
SMBus, they will all revert to an SMBus write address of 0x30, which can cause SMBus collisions and failure to
access the DS125RT410s over the SMBus.
Table 4. DS125RT410 SMBus Write Address Assignment
ADDR_3
ADDR_2
ADDR_1
ADDR_0
SMBus Write
Seven-bit SMBus
Address
Address
0
0
0
0
0x30
0x18
0
0
0
1
0x32
0x19
0
0
1
0
0x34
0x1a
0
0
1
1
0x36
0x1b
0
1
0
0
0x38
0x1c
0
1
0
1
0x3a
0x1d
0
1
1
0
0x3c
0x1e
0
1
1
1
0x3e
0x1f
1
0
0
0
0x40
0x20
1
0
0
1
0x42
0x21
1
0
1
0
0x44
0x22
1
0
1
1
0x46
0x23
1
1
0
0
0x48
0x24
1
1
0
1
0x4a
0x25
1
1
1
0
0x4c
0x26
1
1
1
1
0x4e
0x27
Once the DS125RT410 has latched in its SMBus address, its registers can be read and written using the two
pins of the SMBus interface, Serial Data (SDA) and Serial Data Clock (SDC).
SDA and SDC
In both SMBus master and SMBus slave mode, the DS125RT410 is configured using the SMBus. The SMBus
consists of two lines, the SDA or serial data line (pin 18) and the SDC or serial clock line (pin 17). In the
DS125RT410 these pins are 3.3V tolerant. The SDA and SDC lines are both open-drain. They require a pull-up
resistor to a supply voltage, which may be either 2.5V or 3.3V. A pull-up resistor in the 2K
Ω
to 5K
Ω
range will
provide reliable SMBus operation.
The SMBus is a standard communications bus for configuring simple systems. For a specification of the SMBus
an description of its operation, see http://smbus.org/specs/.
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