SLVSJ83 April 2026 TCA9848
ADVANCE INFORMATION
The TCA9848 has a standard bidirectional I2C interface that is controlled by a controller device to be configured or read the status of this device. Each target on the I2C bus has a specific device address to differentiate between other target devices that are on the same I2C bus. Many target devices require configuration upon startup to set the behavior of the device. This is typically done when the controller accesses internal register maps of the target, which have unique register addresses. A device can have one or multiple registers where data is stored, written, or read.
The physical I2C interface consists of the serial clock (SCL) and serial data (SDA) lines. Both SDA and SCL lines must be connected to VCC through a pullup resistor. The size of the pullup resistor is determined by the amount of capacitance on the I2C lines. (For further details, see the I2C Bus Pullup Resistor Calculation application note. Data transfer can be initiated only when the bus is idle. A bus is considered idle if both SDA and SCL lines are high after a STOP condition (See Figure 7-1 and Figure 7-2).
The following is the general procedure for a controller to access a target device: