ZHCSKD0I September 2009 – October 2019 TMP431 , TMP432
PRODUCTION DATA.
Accessing a particular register on the TMP43x is accomplished by writing the appropriate value to the Pointer Register. The value for the Pointer Register is the first byte transferred after the slave address byte with the R/W bit low. Every write operation to the TMP43x require a value for the Pointer Register (see Figure 14).
When reading from the TMP43x, the last value stored in the Pointer Register by a write operation is used to determine which register is read by a read operation. To change the register pointer for a read operation, a new value must be written to the Pointer Register. This transaction is accomplished by issuing a slave address byte with the R/W bit low, followed by the Pointer Register byte. No additional data are required. The master can then generate a START condition and send the slave address byte with the R/W bit high to initiate the read command. See Figure 15 for details of this sequence. If repeated reads from the same register are desired, it is not necessary to continually send the Pointer Register bytes, because the TMP43x retain the Pointer Register value until it is changed by the next write operation. Note that register bytes are sent MSB first, followed by the LSB.