Quoting "William \"Chops\" Westfield" <westfw@mac.com>:

>
> On Jan 28, 2008, at 6:57 AM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
>
>> TPIC6C595 will handle 250mA at 30V (100mA if all outputs are on
>> simultaneously).. it's essentially an HC595 with 8 avalanche-rated
>> DMOS open-drain transistors (one on each output).
>
> I don't see anything in the spec sheet that makes the TPIC6C595
> look at all "3.3V friendly": Vccmin = 4.5V, Vih = 0.85*Vcc = 3.8V...
>
> BillW

Nope, not at all. It might be interesting to see what the operational
limits actually are. Maybe the logic part functions with 2V power, but
the DMOS transistors are not very "on" at 2V.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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