Broadcast address – Rainbow Electronics T89C5121 User Manual

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To address a device by its individual address, the SADEN mask byte must be

1111

1111b

.

For example:

SADDR0101 0110b
SADEN1111 1100b

Given0101 01XXb

The following is an example of how to use given addresses to address different slaves:

Slave A:SADDR1111 0001b

SADEN1111 1010b

Given1111 0X0Xb

Slave B:SADDR1111 0011b

SADEN1111 1001b

Given1111 0XX1b

Slave C:SADDR1111 0011b

SADEN1111 1101b

Given1111 00X1b

The SADEN byte is selected so that each slave may be addressed separately.
For slave A, bit 0 (the LSB) is a don’t care bit; for slaves B and C, bit 0 is a 1. To commu-
nicate with slave A only, the master must send an address where bit 0 is clear (e.g.

1111 0000b

).

For slave A, bit 1 is a 0; for slaves B and C, bit 1 is a don’t care bit. To communicate with
slaves A and B, but not slave C, the master must send an address with bits 0 and 1 both
set (e.g.

1111 0011b

).

To communicate with slaves A, B and C, the master must send an address with bit 0 set,
bit 1 clear, and bit 2 clear (e.g.

1111 0001b

).

Broadcast Address

A broadcast address is formed from the logical OR of the SADDR and SADEN registers
with zeros defined as don’t care bits, e.g.:

SADDR0101 0110b
SADEN1111 1100b

SADDR OR SADEN1111 111Xb

The use of don’t care bits provides flexibility in defining the broadcast address, however
in most applications, a broadcast address is FFh. The following is an example of using
broadcast addresses:

Slave A:SADDR1111 0001b

SADEN1111 1010b

Given1111 1X11b,

Slave B:SADDR1111 0011b

SADEN1111 1001b

Given1111 1X11B,

Slave C:SADDR = 1111 0010b

SADEN1111 1101b

Given1111 1111b

For slaves A and B, bit 2 is a don’t care bit; for slave C, bit 2 is set. To communicate with
all of the slaves, the master must send an address FFh. To communicate with slaves A
and B, but not slave C, the master can send and address FBh.

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