DAC43608RTET

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    "subcategory": "Digital To Analog Converters (DAC)",
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        "description": "I2C serial interface clock input."
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        "description": "Four-state address input that selects the device's I2C address (tied to AGND, VDD, SDA, or SCL) and is sampled during the first byte of each data frame."
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