8-Bit Bidirectional Voltage Level Translator Wiki - DFRobot

Introduction

After purchasing an open source product that is not electrical level compatible, you may find that your sensor cannot work normally or even is easily to be damaged because the level of the sensor and your controller are not compatible. Apart from the poor experience you encountered, this also causes economic losses. In order to solve this problem for users, DFRobot launched a level conversion module with strong level compatibility and fast signal conversion speed.
This is an 8-channel high-voltage logic and low-voltage logic bidirectional converter with two independent configurable power-rails. The port A and B track the power supply voltage of the pin VCCA and VCCB respectively. The former pin can accept any power supply voltage in the range of 1.2V to 3.6V while the latter can withstand 1.65V to 5.5V. VCCA must be lower than or equal to VCCB. These two input power pins can realize any low-voltage bidirectional conversion between 1.2V, 1.8V, 2.5V, 3.3V and 5V voltage nodes. It can automatically track the power supply voltage and its conversion speed can reach up to 60Mbps in push-pull applications. The module can be used in level conversion of communication protocols such as I2C, UART, SPI, and OneWire.

Features

Application

Specification

Dimension

Board Overview

Board Overview

Num Label Description
1 VA Power Supply A
2 VB Power Supply B
3 OE Chip Enable/Disable
4 GND Power -
5 A1~A8 Pin A Input/output
6 B1~B8 Pin B Input/output

Tutorial

Requirements

Connection Diagram

As shown in the figure below (here we use Arduino UNO port 2, ~ 3, 4, ~ 5, ~ 6, 7, 8, ~ 9 I/O for demonstration.)

Connection

Note: Port A voltage: 1.2V ~ 3.6V; Port B voltage 1.65V ~ 5.5V (VCCA≤VCCB)

FAQ

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