Hi Brusque,

Not sure if this will help, but ST (www.st.com) make a part called the ST485
which supports 64 nodes @ 300-500uA with driver disabled and 400-900uA
enabled - according to the datasheet..

I'm not doing low power stuff, so there might be a better solution out
there.

Cheers,
Ash.

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Ashley Roll
Digital Nemesis Pty Ltd
www.digitalnemesis.com
Mobile: +61 (0)417 705 718




> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Edson Brusque
> Sent: Friday, 8 March 2002 12:01 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [EE]: Low current RS485 drivers
>
>
> Hello,
>
>     I always used 75176 RS485 drivers on my products, but
> they uses more
> than 20mA when outputs are disabled. This is way more than I like.
>
>     What are you using when you need low power consumption?
>

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