PCA9515A

PCA9515A
I2C-bus repeater, voltage 2.3 V-3.6 V, SO8, NXP, RoHS


The PCA9515A is a CMOS integrated circuit intended for application in I2C-bus and SMBus systems.
While retaining all the operating modes and features of the I2C-bus system, it permits extension of the I2C-bus by buffering both the data (SDA) and the clock (SCL) lines, thus enabling two buses of 400 pF.
The I2C-bus capacitance limit of 400 pF restricts the number of devices and bus length.
Using the PCA9515A enables the system designer to isolate two halves of a bus, thus more devices or longer length can be accommodated. It can also be used to run two buses, one at 5 V and the other at 3.3 V or a 400 kHz and 100 kHz bus, where the 100 kHz bus is isolated when 400 kHz operation of the other is required.

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