CAT24CXX1/XX2
ACKNOWLEDGE
pointers of the CAT24CXXX. After receiving another
acknowledgefromtheSlave,theMasterdevicetransmits
thedatatobewrittenintotheaddressedmemorylocation.
The CAT24CXXX acknowledges once more and the
Master generates the STOP condition. At this time, the
device begins an internal programming cycle to non-
volatilememory.Whilethecycleisinprogress,thedevice
will not respond to any request from the Master device.
After a successful data transfer, each receiving device
is required to generate an acknowledge. The
acknowledging device pulls down the SDA line during
the ninth clock cycle, signaling that it received the 8 bits
of data.
The CAT24CXXX responds with an acknowledge after
receivingaSTARTconditionanditsslaveaddress.Ifthe
device has been selected along with a write operation,
it responds with an acknowledge after receiving each 8-
bit byte.
Page Write
The CAT24CXXX writes up to 16 bytes of data in a single
write cycle, using the Page Write operation. The page
write operation is initiated in the same manner as the byte
write operation, however instead of terminating after the
initial byte is transmitted, the Master is allowed to send up
to 15 additional bytes. After each byte has been
transmitted, the CAT24CXXX will respond with an
acknowledge and internally increment the lower order
addressbitsbyone.Thehighorderbitsremainunchanged.
WhentheCAT24CXXXbeginsaREADmodeittransmits
8 bits of data, releases the SDA line and monitors the
line for an acknowledge. Once it receives this
acknowledge, the CAT24CXXX will continue to transmit
data.IfnoacknowledgeissentbytheMaster,thedevice
terminates data transmission and waits for a STOP
condition.
WRITE OPERATIONS
IftheMastertransmitsmorethan16bytesbeforesending
the STOP condition, the address counter ‘wraps around,’
and previously transmitted data will be overwritten.
Byte Write
In the Byte Write mode, the Master device sends the
START condition and the slave address information
(with the R/W bit set to zero) to the Slave device. After
the Slave generates an acknowledge, the Master sends
a 8-bit address that is to be written into the address
When all 16 bytes are received, and the STOP condition
has been sent by the Master, the internal programming
cycle begins. At this point, all received data is written to
the CAT24CXXX in a single write cycle.
Figure 7. Byte Write Timing
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Figure 8. Page Write Timing
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