Methods and systems for allowing multiple devices to share the same serial
lines (e.g., SDIO, SEN and SCLK) are provided. Such devices can be
located, e.g., on an optical pick-up unit. Each device includes a serial
interface, a device enable number (DEN) that differs from the DEN of each
other device, and a plurality of registers, with at least one register
being designated a device select register (DSR). The DSRs of the
plurality of devices share a common address. The plurality of serial
interfaces are collectively enabled and collectively disabled (e.g., via
the SEN line). However, only one of the plurality of serial interfaces
can be selected at one time, with the remaining of the plurality of
serial interfaces being deselected. The serial interface of a device is
selected when the DEN of the device is the same as the content of the DSR
of the device, and deselected when the DEN of the device is not the same
as the content of the DSR of the device.