24LC21A
4.0
4.1
WRITE OPERATION
Byte Write
4.2
Page Write
Following the start signal from the master, the slave
address (four bits), three zero bits (000) and the R/W
bit which is a logic low are placed onto the bus by the
master transmitter. This indicates to the addressed
slave receiver that a byte with a word address will
follow after it has generated an Acknowledge bit during
the ninth clock cycle. Therefore, the next byte
transmitted by the master is the word address and will
be written into the Address Pointer of the 24LC21A.
After receiving another acknowledge signal from the
24LC21A the master device will transmit the data word
to be written into the addressed memory location. The
24LC21A acknowledges again and the master
generates a Stop condition. This initiates the internal
write cycle, and during this time the 24LC21A will not
generate acknowledge signals (Figure 4-1).
It is required that VCLK be held at a logic high level
during command and data transfer in order to program
the device. This applies to both byte write and page
write operation. Note, however, that the VCLK is
ignored during the self-timed program operation.
Changing VCLK from high-to-low during the self-timed
program operation will not halt programming of the
device.
The write control byte, word address and the first data
byte are transmitted to the 24LC21A in the same way
as in a byte write. But instead of generating a Stop
condition the master transmits up to eight data bytes to
the 24LC21A which are temporarily stored in the on-
chip page buffer and will be written into the memory
after the master has transmitted a Stop condition. After
the receipt of each word, the three lower order Address
Pointer bits are internally incremented by one. The
higher order five bits of the word address remains
constant. If the master should transmit more than eight
words prior to generating the Stop condition, the
address counter will roll over and the previously
received data will be overwritten. As with the byte write
operation, once the Stop condition is received an
internal write cycle will begin (Figure 4-3).
It is required that VCLK be held at a logic high level
during command and data transfer in order to program
the device. This applies to both byte write and page
write operation. Note, however, that the VCLK is
ignored during the self-timed program operation.
Changing VCLK from high-to-low during the self-timed
program operation will not halt programming of the
device.
Note:
Page write operations are limited to writing
bytes within a single physical page,
regardless of the number of bytes actually
being written. Physical page boundaries
start at addresses that are integer multi-
ples of the page buffer size (or ‘page size’)
and end at addresses that are integer
multiples of [page size – 1]. If a Page Write
command attempts to write across a
physical page boundary, the result is that
the data wraps around to the beginning of
the current page (overwriting data
previously stored there), instead of being
written to the next page as might be
expected. It is therefore necessary for the
application software to prevent page write
operations that would attempt to cross a
page boundary.
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2008 Microchip Technology Inc.
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