>I'm tempted to design it back out, but it's a REALLY NICE PART! And, I
>can't find a replacement. I'm really cramped for board space. On the
>prototype, I'm going to put in some voltage dividers for 5V to 3V and a
>diode and pull-up to try to get the 3V to drive a PIC 5V input. The MAX
>part has 4 3V to 5V translators and 4 5V to 3V translators in a very small
>20 pin package. I don't see that anyone else is making anything like it
>(at least I have not found it yet, which is why I'm asking the list!).

Shucks for a 6 month lead time, I would seriously look at using the Philips
recommended method of level shifting I2C lines. Check out the I2C document
at
http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/acrobat/literature/9398/39340011.pdf
for details.

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