11
FN8172.4
August 29, 2006
DEVICE DESCRIPTION
Instructions
Four of the nine instructions are three bytes in length.
These instructions are:
– Read Wiper Counter Register – read the current
wiper position of the selected potentiometer,
– Write Wiper Counter Register – change current
wiper position of the selected potentiometer,
– Read Data Register – read the contents of the
selected Data Register;
– Write Data Register – write a new value to the
selected Data Register.
The basic sequence of the three byte instructions is
illustrated in Figure 4. These three-byte instructions
exchange data between the WCR and one of the Data
Registers. A transfer from a Data Register to a WCR is
essentially a write to a static RAM, with the static RAM
controlling the wiper position. The response of the
wiper to this action will be delayed by t
WRL
. A transfer
from the WCR (current wiper position), to a Data
Register is a write to nonvolatile memory and takes a
minimum of t
WR
to complete. The transfer can occur
between one of the four potentiometers and one of its
associated registers; or it may occur globally, where
the transfer occurs between all potentiometers and
one associated register
Four instructions require a two-byte sequence to
complete. These instructions transfer data between the
host and the X9268; either between the host and one of
the data registers or directly between the host and the
Wiper Counter Register. These instructions are:
– XFR Data Register to Wiper Counter Register –
This transfers the contents of one specified Data
Register to the associated Wiper Counter Register.
– XFR Wiper Counter Register to Data Register –
This transfers the contents of the specified Wiper
Counter Register to the specified associated Data
Register.
– Global XFR Data Register to Wiper Counter
Register – This transfers the contents of all speci-
fied Data Registers to the associated Wiper Counter
Registers.
– Global XFR Wiper Counter Register to Data
Register – This transfers the contents of all Wiper
Counter Registers to the specified associated Data
Registers.
INCREMENT/DECREMENT COMMAND
The final command is Increment/Decrement (Figure 5
and 6). The Increment/Decrement command is
different from the other commands. Once the
command is issued and the X9268 has responded
with an acknowledge, the master can clock the
selected wiper up and/or down in one segment steps;
thereby, providing a fine tuning capability to the host.
For each SCL clock pulse (t
HIGH
) while SDA is HIGH,
the selected wiper will move one resistor segment
towards the R
H
terminal. Similarly, for each SCL clock
pulse while SDA is LOW, the selected wiper will move
one resistor segment towards the R
L
terminal.
See Instruction format for more details.
X9268
