PCA9306 Level Translator Breakout

Level shifters are used to convert signals from one logic level to another especially when they have different power sources.

This is a breakout board for the PCA9306 dual bidirectional voltage-level translator. Because different parts sometimes use different voltage levels to communicate, voltage level translators can be the key to making different parts play nice.

The PCA9306 is a dual bidirectional I2C-bus and SMBus voltage-level translator thats operational on the low side from 1.0 V to 3.6 V and on the high side from 1.8 V to 5.5 V. Simply apply your low- and high-side reference voltages to the VREF1 and VREF2 respectively, connect your I/O and drive the Enable pin high to open bidirectional voltage translation without the use of a direction pin!

Documents

• Schematic
• Eagle Files
• Datasheet (PCA9306DC)
• Hookup Guide
• GitHub