PCF8545ATT datasheet(24/54 Pages) NXP

24 / 54 page

PCA85233

All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers.

Product data sheet

Rev. 5 — 12 November 2018

24 of 54

NXP Semiconductors

PCA85233

Automotive 80 × 4 LCD driver for low multiplex rates

Characteristics of the I2C-bus

The I2C-bus is for bidirectional, two-line communication between different ICs or modules.

The two lines are a Serial DAta line (SDA) and a Serial CLock line (SCL). Both lines must

be connected to a positive supply via a pull-up resistor when connected to the output

stages of a device. Data transfer may be initiated only when the bus is not busy.

By connecting pin SDAACK to pin SDA on the PCA85233, the SDA line becomes fully

I2C-bus compatible. In COG applications where the track resistance from the SDAACK

pin to the system SDA line can be significant, possibly a voltage divider is generated by

the bus pull-up resistor and the Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) track resistance. As a

consequence it may be possible that the acknowledge generated by the PCA85233 can’t

be interpreted as logic 0 by the master. In COG applications where the acknowledge cycle

is required, it is therefore necessary to minimize the track resistance from the SDAACK

pin to the system SDA line to guarantee a valid LOW level.

By separating the acknowledge output from the serial data line (having the SDAACK open

circuit) design efforts to generate a valid acknowledge level can be avoided. However, in

that case the I2C-bus master has to be set up in such a way that it ignores the

acknowledge cycle.2

The following definition assumes SDA and SDAACK are connected and refers to the pair

as SDA.

8.1 Bit transfer

One data bit is transferred during each clock pulse. The data on the SDA line must remain

stable during the HIGH period of the clock pulse as changes in the data line at this time

will be interpreted as a control signal (see Figure 14).

8.2 START and STOP conditions

Both data and clock lines remain HIGH when the bus is not busy.

A HIGH-to-LOW change of the data line, while the clock is HIGH, is defined as the START

condition (S).

A LOW-to-HIGH change of the data line, while the clock is HIGH, is defined as the STOP

condition (P).

For further information, please consider the NXP application note: Ref. 1 “AN10170”.

Fig 14. Bit transfer

PCF8545ATT Datasheet(PDF) 24 Page - NXP Semiconductors