SLOS887F September 2014 – June 2022 TMP112-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA
The TMP112-Q1 device supports the SMBus alert function. When the TMP112-Q1 device operates in interrupt mode (TM = 1), the ALERT pin can be connected as an SMBus alert signal. When a controller senses that an alert condition is present on the alert line, the controller sends an SMBus ALERT command (0001 1001) to the bus. If the ALERT pin is active, the device acknowledges the SMBus ALERT command and responds by returning the target address on the SDA line. The eighth bit (LSB) of the target address byte indicates if the alert condition is caused by the temperature exceeding T(HIGH) or falling below T(LOW). The LSB is high if the temperature is greater than T(HIGH), or low if the temperature is less than T(LOW). See Figure 8-6 for details of this sequence.
If multiple devices on the bus respond to the SMBus ALERT command, arbitration during the target address portion of the SMBus ALERT command determines which device clears the alert status of that device. The device with the lowest two-wire address wins the arbitration. If the TMP112-Q1 device wins the arbitration, the TMP112-Q1 ALERT pin becomes inactive at the completion of the SMBus ALERT command. If the TMP112-Q1 device loses the arbitration, the TMP112-Q1 ALERT pin remains active.