Addressable Digital Potentiometer
L1
POTENTIOMETER-1 H1
256-TO-1 MULTIPLEXER
SRAM
REG-0 (8-BIT REGISTER)
WIPER-1 (8-BIT REGISTER)
W1
SCL
SDA
2-WIRE SERIAL
INTERFACE
COMMAND/
CONTROL
UNIT
DEVICE ADDRESS
SELECTION
Figure 1. Functional Diagram
Pin Description
PIN
TSSOP SO
1
1
2
3
3
6, 5, 4
7
8
9
10–13
14
4
7, 6, 5
8
9
10
2, 11–15
16
NAME
FUNCTION
H1
L1
W1
A0, A1, A2
GND
SCL
SDA
N.C.
VCC
High End of
Potentiometer
Low End of
Potentiometer
Wiper Terminal of
Potentiometer
Address Select Inputs
Ground
Serial Clock Input
Serial Data I/O
No Connection
3V/5V Power-Supply
Input
A0
A1
A2
Detailed Description
The DS1805 addressable digital potentiometer contains a
single 256-position digitally controlled potentiometer.
Device control is achieved through a 2-wire serial inter-
face. Device addressing is provided through three
address inputs that allow up to eight devices on a single
2-wire bus. The exact wiper position of the potentiometer
can be written or read. The DS1805 is available in 16-pin
SO and 14-pin TSSOP packages. The device is available
in three standard resistance values: 10kΩ, 50kΩ, and
100kΩ. The DS1805 specified over the industrial temper-
ature range. The DS1805 is provides a low-cost alterna-
tive for designs based on the DS1803, but require only a
single potentiometer.
Device Operation
The DS1805 is an addressable, digitally controlled
device that has a single 256-position potentiometer.
Figure 1 shows a block diagram of the part.
Communication and control of the device is accom-
plished through a 2-wire serial interface that has SDA
and SDL signals. Device addressing is attained using
the device chip-select inputs A0, A1, and A2.
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