On Wednesday 11 June 2008, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:33:25 +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > > > AT24_FLAG_24C00 (doesn't really matter), and AT24C01 needs 128
> > > > addresses?? (please, someone, prove me wrong)
> > > 
> > > Why do you think so? ...
> > 
> > No I2C-address is mentioned in the whole datasheet; all the timing
> > diagrams put the memory offset to the place where one would expect the
> > I2C-address; the pins usually named A0-A2 are not connected...
>
> Ooch. I didn't notice the timing diagrams... OMG.

You mean, the obsolete 24c01, rather than the 24c01b or newer?


> > Maybe it once made the chip one cent cheaper, I dunno, but I wouldn't be
> > that surprised :) Doesn't really matter for at24, luckily.
> 
> Indeed. If this chip is the crazy thing you suspect (and I now fear you
> are correct), it's not compatible with the other EEPROMs, so we don't
> really care about it.

Right ... worth a comment in the chip ID table that 24c01b (and newer)
entries really mean that, since the original 24c01 parts were broken by
design (no on-wire chip address byte).

- Dave

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