STMicroelectronics M93C66-WMN6P Memory IC M93C66-WMN6P Data Sheet

Product codes
M93C66-WMN6P
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Connecting to the serial bus
M93C86-x M93C76-R M93C66-x M93C56-x M93C46-x
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Connecting to the serial bus
 shows an example of three memory devices connected to an MCU, on a serial bus. 
Only one device is selected at a time, so only one device drives the Serial Data output (Q) 
line at a time, the other devices are high impedance.
The pull-down resistor R (represented in 
) ensures that no device is selected if the 
bus master leaves the S line in the high impedance state.
In applications where the bus master may be in a state where all inputs/outputs are high 
impedance at the same time (for example, if the bus master is reset during the transmission 
of an instruction), the clock line (C) must be connected to an external pull-down resistor so 
that, if all inputs/outputs become high impedance, the C line is pulled low (while the S line is 
pulled low): this ensures that C does not become high at the same time as S goes low, and 
so, that the t
SLCH
 requirement is met. The typical value of R is 100 k
.
Figure 3. Bus master and memory devices on the serial bus 
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Bus master
M93xxx
memory device
SDO
SDI
SCK
C
Q
D
S
M93xxx
memory device
C
Q
D
S
M93xxx
memory device
C
Q
D
S
CS3 CS2 CS1
ORG
ORG
ORG
R
R
R
V
CC
V
CC
V
CC
V
CC
V
SS
V
SS
V
SS
V
SS
 
R