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How the I2C Bus Works - EEWeb

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Main<br />

Master<br />

PCA9541 – Shared Resources<br />

PCA9541<br />

Slave A0<br />

PCA9541<br />

Slave B0<br />

Assembly A<br />

Slave A1 Slave A2<br />

Assembly B<br />

SDA/SCL<br />

SDA/SCL<br />

Slave B1 Slave B2<br />

Master A<br />

Master B<br />

Some masters may not be multi-master capable or some masters<br />

may not work well toge<strong>the</strong>r and continually lock up <strong>the</strong> bus. The<br />

PCA9541 can be used to separate <strong>the</strong> masters, but still allow shared<br />

access to slave devices, such as Field Replaceable Unit (FRU)<br />

EEPROMs or temperature sensors such as is represented by Slave<br />

A0 and Slave B0.<br />

Semiconductors 62

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