[AK4706]
6. Control Interface
I2C-bus Control Mode
1. WRITE Operations
Figure 10 shows the data transfer sequence in I2C-bus mode. All commands are preceded by a START condition. A
HIGH to LOW transition on the SDA line while SCL is HIGH indicates a START condition (Figure 16). After the
START condition, a slave address is sent. This address is 7 bits long followed by an eighth bit which is a data direction bit
(R/W). The most significant seven bits of the slave address are fixed as “0010001”. If the slave address match that of the
AK4706, the AK4706 generates the acknowledge and the operation is executed. The master must generate the
acknowledge-related clock pulse and release the SDA line (HIGH) during the acknowledge clock pulse (Figure 17). A
“1” for R/W bit indicates that the read operation is to be executed. A “0” indicates that the write operation is to be
executed. The second byte consists of the address for control registers of the AK4706. The format is MSB first, and those
most significant 3-bits are fixed to zeros (Figure 12). The data after the second byte contain control data. The format is
MSB first, 8bits (Figure 13). The AK4706 generates an acknowledge after each byte has been received. A data transfer is
always terminated by a STOP condition generated by the master. A LOW to HIGH transition on the SDA line while SCL
is HIGH defines a STOP condition (Figure 16).
The AK4706 can execute multiple one byte write operations in a sequence. After receipt of the third byte, the AK4706
generates an acknowledge, and awaits the next data again. The master can transmit more than one byte instead of
terminating the write cycle after the first data byte is transferred. After the receipt of each data, the internal address
counter is incremented by one, and the next data is taken into next address automatically. If the address exceeds 0BH prior
to generating the stop condition, the address counter will “roll over” to 00H and the previous data will be overwritten.
The data on the SDA line must be stable during the HIGH period of the clock. The HIGH or LOW state of the data line
can only change when the clock signal on the SCL line is LOW (Figure 18) except for the START and the STOP
condition.
S
S
T
O
P
T
A
R
T
R/W= “0”
Slave
Address
Sub
Address(n)
S
Data(n)
Data(n+1)
Data(n+x)
P
SDA
A
C
K
A
C
K
A
C
K
A
C
K
A
C
K
A
C
K
Figure 10. Data transfer sequence at the I2C-bus mode
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
R/W
A0
Figure 11. The first byte
0
A4
A3
A2
A1
D1
Figure 12. The second byte
D7
D6
D5
D4
D3
D2
D0
Figure 13. Byte structure after the second byte
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