Data communication system and slave device

Abstract

A master device transmits a clock signal to a first slave device together with a write data signal including write data pieces respectively corresponding to slave devices connected in cascade. Each slave device includes a buffer that receives the clock signal, outputs an amplified clock signal, and transmits the clock signal to a next stage slave device, and an information acquisition circuit that acquires information data pieces and reads them as read data pieces. The slave devices take in a series of write data pieces included in the write data signal while shifting them at the timing of the clock signal output from each of the master device and the buffer and transmit a read data signal including a series of read data pieces read from each information acquisition circuit to the master device via the first slave device while shifting them at the timing of the clock signal group.