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potentiometers with a digitally
programmable wiper position to one of 256 taps on
each pot. (Other values of resistance will be available at
a later date). The wiper position is determined by a
serial digital code that is received on the 2-wire
serial port. The 255 individual resistors in each pot
are all equal, creating a linear taper from one end of
each pot to the other. There are also four 8 bit non-
volatile data registers associated with each pot for
storing system data and the most recent wiper
position. Powering up the device causes the
contents of R
0
register of each pot to be loaded into
the Wiper Counter register, restoring the last know
wiper position for each pot.
FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM
POT0
R
0
R
1
WP
R
2
R
3
WIPER
COUNTER
REGISTER
(WCR)
V
H0
R
0
R
1
V
L0
VW0
R
2
R
3
WIPER
COUNTER
REGISTER
(WCR)
RESISTOR
ARRAY
POT 2
V
H2
V
L2
V
W2
SCL
SDA
A0
A1
A2
A3
INTERF
ACE
AND
CONTROL
CIRCUITR
Y
8
DATA
R
0
R
1
V
W1
V
W3
R
2
R
3
WIPER
COUNTER
RESISTOR
ARRAY
REGISTER
POT 1
(WCR)
V
H1
R
0
R
1
V
L1
R
2
WIPER
COUNTER
RESISTOR
ARRAY
REGISTER
(WCR)
POT 3
R
3
V
H3
V
L3
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Xicor, Inc. 2000 Patents Pending
9900-2006.2 2/28/00 EP
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