X9241A
Pin Descriptions
Host Interface Pins
Serial Clock (SCL)
The SCL input is used to clock data into and out of the
X9241A.
Serial Data (SDA)
SDA is a bidirectional pin used to transfer data into and out of
the device. It is an open drain output and may be wire-ORed
with any number of open drain or open collector outputs. An
open drain output requires the use of a pull-up resistor. For
selecting typical values, refer to the guidelines for calculating
typical values on the bus pull-up resistors graph.
Address
The Address inputs are used to set the least significant
4-bits of the 8-bit slave address. A match in the slave address
serial data stream must be made with the Address input in
order to initiate communication with the X9241A.
Potentiometer Pins
VH/RH(VH0/RH0 TO VH3/RH3), VL/RL (VL0/RL0 TO VL3/RL3)
The RH and RL inputs are equivalent to the terminal
connections on either end of a mechanical potentiometer.
VW/RW (VW0/RW0 TO VW3/RW3)
The wiper outputs are equivalent to the wiper output of a
mechanical potentiometer.
Pinout
X9241A
(20 LD DIP, SOIC, TSSOP)
TOP VIEW
VW0/RW0
VL0/RL0
VH0/RH0
A0
A2
VW1/RW1
VL1/RL1
VH1/RH1
SDA
VSS
1 20
2 19
3 18
4 17
5 16
X9241A
6 15
7 14
8 13
9 12
10 11
VCC
VW3/RW3
VL3/RL3
VH3/RH3
A1
A3
SCL
VW2/RW2
VL2/RL2
VH2/RH2
Pin Names
SYMBOL
SCL
SDA
A0 to A3
DESCRIPTION
Serial Clock
Serial Data
Address
FN8164 Rev 7.00
August 17, 2015
Pin Names
SYMBOL
DESCRIPTION
VH0/RH0 to VH3/RH3,
VL0/RL0 to VL3/RL3
VW0/RW0 to VW3/RW3
Potentiometer Pins (terminal equivalent)
Potentiometer Pins (wiper equivalent)
Principles of Operation
The X9241A is a highly integrated microcircuit incorporating
four resistor arrays, their associated registers and counters
and the serial interface logic providing direct communication
between the host and the XDCP potentiometers.
Serial Interface
The X9241A supports a bidirectional bus oriented protocol.
The protocol defines any device that sends data onto the bus
as a transmitter and the receiving device as the receiver. The
device controlling the transfer is a master and the device being
controlled is the slave. The master will always initiate data
transfers and provide the clock for both transmit and receive
operations. Therefore, the X9241A will be considered a slave
device in all applications.
Clock and Data Conventions
Data states on the SDA line can change only during SCL LOW
periods (tLOW). SDA state changes during SCL HIGH are
reserved for indicating start and stop conditions.
Start Condition
All commands to the X9241A are preceded by the start
condition, which is a HIGH to LOW transition of SDA while SCL
is HIGH (tHIGH). The X9241A continuously monitors the SDA
and SCL lines for the start condition and will not respond to any
command until this condition is met.
Stop Condition
All communications must be terminated by a stop condition,
which is a LOW to HIGH transition of SDA while SCL is HIGH.
Acknowledge
Acknowledge is a software convention used to provide a
positive handshake between the master and slave devices on
the bus to indicate the successful receipt of data. The
transmitting device, either the master or the slave, will release
the SDA bus after transmitting 8-bits. The master generates a
ninth clock cycle and during this period the receiver pulls the
SDA line LOW to acknowledge that it successfully received the
8-bits of data. See Figure 7.
The X9241A will respond with an acknowledge after
recognition of a start condition and its slave address and once
again after successful receipt of the command byte. If the
command is followed by a data byte the X9241A will respond
with a final acknowledge.
Array Description
The X9241A is comprised of four resistor arrays. Each array
contains 63 discrete resistive segments that are connected in
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