I am currently experiementing with data storage on a Microchip PIC 24C32 EEPROM IC. What I want to do is be able to READ the data from it but also somehow lock the IC from any data being written to it. Is it possible to jump/short maybe the SDA line to Vss (if this would produce the desired results).
Basically I want to hardwire it for read only operations inline and prevent the host device from being able to write to it. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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Not possible. Since SDA is bidirection tieing it will break communication with the chip. Switch to a different model that has a hard wired write protect. For example the 24LC64 from microchip has a WP pin. TTYL
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