PCA9518 Overview
The PCA9518 is an expandable five-channel bidirectional buffer for I2C and SMBus applications. The I2C protocol requires a maximum bus capacitance of 400 pF, which is derived from the number of devices on the I2C bus and the bus length. The PCA9518 overes this restriction by separating and buffering the I2C data (SDA) and clock (SCL) lines into multiple groups of 400-pF segments.
PCA9518 Key Features
- 1 Expandable Five-Channel Bidirectional Buffer
- 400-kHz Fast I2C Bus
- Operating VCC Range of 3 V to 3.6 V
- 5-V Tolerant I2C and Enable Input Pins to Support
- Active-High Individual Repeater Enable Inputs
- Open-Drain Input/Outputs
- Lockup-Free Operation
- Supports Multiple Masters
- Powered-Off High-Impedance I2C Pins
- I2C Bus and SMBus patible
