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Product data sheet Rev. 5 — 10 October 2014 11 of 33
NXP Semiconductors
PCF8577C
LCD direct/duplex driver with I²C-bus interface
8.3 I
2
C-bus protocol
The PCF8577C I
2
C-bus protocol is shown in Figure 10.
The PCF8577C is a slave receiver and has a fixed slave address (see Table 7
). All
PCF8577Cs with the same slave address acknowledge the slave address in parallel.
The second byte is always the control byte and is loaded into the control register of each
PCF8577C connected to the I
2
C-bus. All addressed devices acknowledge the control
byte. Subsequent data bytes are loaded into the segment registers of the selected device.
Any number of data bytes may be loaded in one transfer and in an expanded system
rollover of the SBV from 111 111 to 000 000 is allowed. If a STOP (P) condition is given
after the control byte acknowledge, the segment data remains unchanged. This allows the
BANK bit to be toggled without changing the segment register contents. During loading of
segment data, only the selected PCF8577C gives an acknowledge. Loading is terminated
by generating a STOP (P) condition.
9. Safety notes
Fig 10. I
2
C-bus protocol
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CAUTION
This device is sensitive to ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD). Observe precautions for handling
electrostatic sensitive devices.
Such precautions are described in the ANSI/ESD S20.20, IEC/ST 61340-5, JESD625-A or
equivalent standards.
CAUTION
Static voltages across the liquid crystal display can build up when the LCD supply voltage
(V
LCD
) is on while the IC supply voltage (V
DD
) is off, or vice versa. This may cause unwanted
display artifacts. To avoid such artifacts, V
LCD
and V
DD
must be applied or removed together.
CAUTION
Semiconductors are light sensitive. Exposure to light sources can cause the IC to
malfunction. The IC must be protected against light. The protection must be applied to all
sides of the IC.