Memory: CAT24C08LI-G Application field and Working Principle
The CAT24C08LI-G is a two-wire bus serial EEPROM, which has a small package size, low power consumption and high integration, and is widely used in embedded electronic products. It adopts current industry standardization and internationalization I2C interface, which makes it compatible with almost all system chip structures, and meets the requirements of modern small product design. It can be used in smart home, Internet of Things, automotive electronics, portable consumer electronics and other fields.
The CAT24C08LI-G communicates with the SYSTEM chip through I2C bus, which can perform read, write and other operations on the memory. The two-wire bus, I2C, is a global communication interface. It can use two lines (SDA, SCL) to communicate with the outside world. The complexity of the instruction set is very low, and the amount of information can be transmitted between the chip and the host by changing the level of SDA and SCL.
The CAT24C08LI-G is an 8Kbit or 1Kbyte serial EEPROM. Its working voltage is 1.8V-5.5V, which can be different Intel QuickChip and other chips. The serial EEPROM can remember some important information when the power off, and the symbol rate is up to 400KHz. According to application frequency, the standard CAT24C08LI-G memory can guarantee safe operation under a max frequency of 1MHz, while at 400KHz the access speed is fast.
CAT24C08LI-G can be divided into many storage sections, can store 8192 bits of information and read back through I2C bus. There are two control pins for CAT24C08LI-G, namely SDA and SCL. The level of SDA and SCL is changed by the machine language instruction sent by the host machine to achieve the information transfer. Since the internal memory space of the CAT24C08LI-G is limited, large space data must be transmitted in many times.
When CAT24C08LI-G is connected to I2C communication bus, it acts as slave. The SDA and SCL pins cannot control the serial EEPROM, but rather respond to the instructions of the master chip. When the master chip sends the SELECT command, CAT24C08LI-G can start working, such as reading and writing data, recording information, etc. It can also store passwords, passwords, information and other information in the system.
Moreover, CAT24C08LI-G has good low power consumption, low cost, small volume and strong capacity, which is the most important characteristic for modern small product design. It can be used for automotive systems, smart power systems and communication systems. Its wide use greatly promotes the development of electronic industry and makes electronic products smaller and smarter with its low power consumption, small size, low cost.
CAT24C08LI-G Datasheet/PDF