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PmodTMP3 Reference Manual
Revised October 15, 2013
This manual applies to PmodTMP3 RevA
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Programmable 9-bit to 12-bit resolution
Typical accuracy of ±1°C
2-wire, I
2
C compatible interface with 8
selectable addresses
30ms to 240ms typical conversion times
2.7V to 5.5V operating voltage range
Programmable temperature alert
Overview
The Digilent PmodTMP3 is a temperature sensor built around the Microchip TCN75AVUA.
1 Functional Description
The PmodTMP3 uses an 8-pin connector that allows for communication via I2C and provides pins to daisy-chain the
PmodTMP3 to other I2C devices. The PmodTMP3 also provides three 3-pin headers for selecting the I2C address of
the chip, and one 2-pin header for controlling external devices based upon temperature thresholds defined by the
user in software. Temperature data measured by the device is formatted in two’s compliment and may be
programmed for a resolution of 9-bits to 12-bits through the configuration register on the TCN75AVUA.
PmodTMP3 Reference Manual
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2 I2C Interface
The TCN75AVUA on the PmodTMP3 acts as a slave device using I2C serial communication. To communicate with
the PmodTMP3, the master device must specify a slave address (0x48-0x4F) and a flag indicating whether the
communication is a read (1) or a write (0). This is followed by the actual data transfer. For the TCN75AVUA, the
data transfer should consist of the address of the desired device register followed by the data to be written to the
specified register. To read from a register the master must write the desired register address to TCN75AVUA, then
send an I2C restart condition, and send a read request to the TCN75AVUA.
I2C Interface Connector Signal Description
The I2C interface standard uses two signal lines. These are I2C data (SDA) and I2C clock (SCL). On the TCN75AVUA,
both SDA and SCL are open-drain pins. For communication to be established, these pins must be connected to pullup resistors. The PmodTMP3 has selectable pull-up resistors on jumpers JP4 and JP5. If the master device used to
communicate with the PmodTMP3 does not have pull-up resistors on the SDA and SCL signals, both JP4 and JP5
must be shorted to establish communication via I2C. If the master device already has pull-up resistors, these
jumpers may remain open.
I2C Pull-up Jumper Settings
3 I2C Address Selection
The PmodTMP3 I2C bus can be set to use one of eight valid addresses. The top four bits of the address are fixed,
and the three least significant bits are specified by the states of jumpers JP1, JP2 and JP3. JP1 corresponds to bit
zero of the address, JP2 corresponds to bit one of the address, and JP3 corresponds to bit two of the address. The
address is set by shorting the AX pin on the PmodTMP3 (where X is the bit number) with either 3V3 or GND.
Shorting a jumper in the GND position corresponds to a zero while shorting a jumper in the 3V3 position
corresponds to a one.