Using MOD5270 with Parallax PING

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hendrixj
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Using MOD5270 with Parallax PING

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I've got a Parallax PING distance sensor. The input and output are TTL. Should I use a TTL to CMOS interface chip?
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Re: Using MOD5270 with Parallax PING

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The absolute max digital input voltage for the MCF5270 is rated at 4V:
http://www.freescale.com/files/32bit/do ... 5271EC.pdf

The pins are not 5V tolerant. I have recently used a translator that worked pretty well. They are made by TI and have auto-direction sensing. This is nice since which allows for protocols like I2C and also reduces pin count. They are also somewhat cheap (<$1) and provide up to 100Mbit, which is faster then any external signals on this module. You can find them at Digikey.
The part numbers are:
1-bit: TXB0101
2-bit: TXB0102
4-bit: TXB0104
8-bit: TXB0108

-Larry
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