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How the I2C Bus Works - EEWeb

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PCA9541 – Gatekeeper Multiplexer<br />

• The PCA9541/03 acts as <strong>the</strong> gatekeeper to each card that have identically I 2 C<br />

addressed EEPROMs. The master turns each uniquely addressed PCA9541/03<br />

on (master 0) and off, one at a time, to communicate with <strong>the</strong> EEPROMs.<br />

Master 0<br />

PCA9548<br />

PCA9541<br />

EEPROM<br />

PCA9541<br />

EEPROM<br />

PCA9541<br />

EEPROM<br />

PCA9541<br />

A B C D E F G H<br />

EEPROM<br />

Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z<br />

• The alternative is to use a PCA9548 to 1 to 8 multiplexer on <strong>the</strong> master card and<br />

<strong>the</strong>n run 8 <strong>I2C</strong> buses, one to each EEPROM card. You use <strong>the</strong> same number of<br />

card pins but have 8 times <strong>the</strong> number of traces on <strong>the</strong> backplane.<br />

Semiconductors 63<br />

PCA9541<br />

EEPROM<br />

PCA9541<br />

EEPROM<br />

PCA9541<br />

EEPROM<br />

PCA9541<br />

EEPROM

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