Digital interfaces

H3LIS331DL

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The transaction on the bus is started through a START (ST) signal. A START condition is

defined as a high-to-low transition on the data line while the SCL line is held high. After this

has been transmitted by the master, the bus is considered busy. The next byte of data

transmitted after the START condition contains the address of the slave in the first 7 bits and

the eighth bit tells whether the master is receiving data from the slave or transmitting data to

the slave. When an address is sent, each device in the system compares the first seven bits

after a START condition with its address. If they match, the device considers itself

addressed by the master.

The slave address (SAD) associated to the H3LIS331DL is 001100xb. The SDO/SA0 pad

can be used to modify the less significant bit of the device address. If the SA0 pad is

connected to the voltage supply, LSB is ‘1’ (address 0011001b) or else, if the SA0 pad is

connected to ground, the LSB value is ‘0’ (address 0011000b). This solution allows the

Data transfer with acknowledge is mandatory. The transmitter must release the SDA line

during the acknowledge pulse. The receiver must then pull the data line low so that it

remains stable low during the high period of the acknowledge clock pulse. A receiver which

has been addressed is obliged to generate an acknowledge after each byte of data

received.

protocol must be adhered to. After the START condition (ST) a slave address is sent, once a

slave acknowledge (SAK) has been returned, an 8-bit sub-address (SUB) is transmitted: the

7 LSB represent the actual register address while the MSB enables address auto increment.

If the MSB of the SUB field is ‘1’, the SUB (register address) is automatically increased to

allow multiple data read/write.

The slave address is completed with a Read/Write bit. If the bit is ‘1’ (read), a repeated

START (SR) condition must be issued after the two sub-address bytes; if the bit is ‘0’ (write),

the master transmits to the slave with the direction unchanged. Table 10 explains how the

SAD+Read/Write bit pattern is composed, listing all the possible configurations.

Table 10. SAD+Read/Write patterns

Command

SAD[6:1]

SAD[0] = SA0

R/W

SAD+R/W

Read

001100

0

1

00110001 (31h)

Write

001100

0

0

00110000 (30h)

Read

001100

1

1

00110011 (33h)

Write

001100

1

0

00110010 (32h)

Table 11. Transfer when master is writing one byte to slave

Master

ST

SAD + W

SUB

DATA

SP

Slave

SAK

SAK

SAK