I put a module and example program on the wiki for interfacing with the Microchip UNI/O bus.
UNI/O is another one-wire bus. To be honest, there's not much interesting about it since it only seems to be implemented in a handful of Microchip EEPROMs and not much else.
There is one exception, and that's the 11AA02E48 which is a small 256x8 EEPROM along with a pre-programmed 48-bit node address (EUI-48). This comes in handy if you need an Ethernet MAC address, or it can also be used in places where you might want a globally unique serial number. The device is available in a small SOT-23 package, and you only need a single wire interface to it (plus it's cheap).
UNI/O bus and serial EEPROMs
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Re: UNI/O bus and serial EEPROMs
Thanks for sharing Jerry...
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Re: UNI/O bus and serial EEPROMs
If it's cheap, that sets it apart from Dallas 1-wire solutions!
I'm certain the availability will be much better from Microchip.
I'm certain the availability will be much better from Microchip.
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Re: UNI/O bus and serial EEPROMs
Yeah, the Dallas DS2401 is about $1.60US, while the Microchip part is < 0.30, and that's in singles.If it's cheap, that sets it apart from Dallas 1-wire solutions!
I ran across it while looking for a cheap serial number chip. Unfortunately, there's not really any more devices w/ a UNIO interface, at least not that I found.