Description
The PCA9541A is a 2-to-1 I2C-bus master selector designed for high reliability dual master I2C-bus applications where system operation is required, even when one master fails or the controller card is removed for maintenance.
Features
- 2-to-1 bidirectional master selector.
- I2C-bus interface logic; compatible with SMBus standards.
- PCA9541A/01 powers up with Channel 0 selected.
- PCA9541A/03 powers up with no channel selected and either master can take control
of the bus.
- Active LOW interrupt input.
- 2 active LOW interrupt outputs.
- Active LOW reset input.
- 4 address pins allowing up to 16 devices on the I2C-bus.
- Channel selection via I2C-bus.
- Bus initialization/recovery function.