FT24C02A

DEVICE ADDRESSING

The 2-wire serial bus protocol mandates an 8 bits device address word after a START bit condition to

invoke valid read or write command. The first four most significant bits of the device address must be 1010,

which is common to all serial EEPROM devices. The next three bits are device address bits. These three

device address bits (5

match is made, the EEPROM device outputs an ACKNOWLEDGE signal after the 8

otherwise the chip will go into STANDBY mode.

However, matching are not be done for “-5xx” version chips. This three device address bits are not cared

and could be coded from 000 (b) to 111 (b). Only one FT24C02A device can be used on the on 2-wire bus.

If a match is made, the EEPROM device outputs an ACKNOWLEDGE signal after the 8

otherwise the chip will go into STANDBY mode.

The last or 8

“0” is detected, the device enters programming mode.

WRITE OPERATIONS

(A) BYTE WRITE

A byte write operation starts when a micro-controller sends a START bit condition, follows by a proper

EEPROM device address and then a write command. If the device address bits match the chip select

address, the EEPROM device will acknowledge at the 9

send the rest of the lower 8 bits word address. At the 18

8-bit address word.

The micro-controller will then transmit the 8 bit data. Following an

ACKNOWLDEGE signal from the EEPROM at the 27

STOP bit. After receiving the STOP bit, the EEPROM will go into a self-timed programming mode

during which all external inputs will be disabled.

programming will finish and the EEPROM device will return to the STANDBY mode.

(B) PAGE WRITE

A page write is similar to a byte write with the exception that one to sixteen bytes can be programmed

along the same page or memory row. All FT24C02A are organized to have 16 bytes per memory row

or page.

With the same write command as the byte write, the micro-controller does not issue a STOP bit after

sending the 1

clock cycle. Instead it sends out a second 8-bit data word, with the EEPROM acknowledging at the

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sends a STOP bit after the n × 9

timed partial or full page programming mode. After the page programming completes after a time of

The least significant 4 bits of the word address (column address) increments internally by one after

receiving each data word. The rest of the word address bits (row address) do not change internally,

but pointing to a specific memory row or page to be programmed. The first page write data word can

be of any column address. Up to 16 data words can be loaded into a page. If more then 16 data

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