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Product data sheet Rev. 5 — 24 April 2014 24 of 45
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PCA9541A
2-to-1 I
2
C-bus master selector with interrupt logic and reset
9. Application design-in information
9.1 Specific applications
The PCA9541A is a 2-to-1 I
2
C-bus master selector designed for dual master, high
reliability I
2
C-bus applications, where continuous maintenance and control monitoring is
required even if one master fails or its controller card is removed for maintenance. The
PCA9541A can also be used in other applications, such as where masters share the
same resource but cannot share the same bus, as a gatekeeper multiplexer in long single
bus applications or as a bus initialization/recovery device.
Fig 17. Typical application
PCA9541A
SCL_MST0
SDA_MST0
INT0
3.3 V
MASTER 0
002aae661
SCL0
SDA0
INT0 INT_IN
A3
A2
A1
V
DD
A0
V
SS
V
DD
RESET0
V
SS
SLAVE 1
SDA SCL
SLAVE 2
SDA SCL
INT
SLAVE 3
SDA SCL
SDA_SLAVE
SCL_SLAVE
SCL_MST1
SDA_MST1
INT1
3.3 V
MASTER 1
SCL1
SDA1
INT1
V
DD
RESET1
V
SS
RESET
SLAVE CARD