MCP41100-E

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  "version": "0.1.0",
  "type": "component",
  "description": "Microchip Tech Digital Potentiometers, PDIP-8. Pinout cross-checked by two models against the datasheet, KiCad symbol/footprint/3D.",
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    "mpn": "MCP41100-E",
    "manufacturer": "Microchip Tech",
    "package": "PDIP-8",
    "pin_count": 8,
    "category": "ADC/DAC/Data Conversion",
    "subcategory": "Digital Potentiometers",
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        "number": "1",
        "name": "CS",
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        "description": "SPI chip select with Schmitt Trigger input, used to execute a new command after it has been loaded into the shift register."
      },
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        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Ground."
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      {
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        "name": "PA0",
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        "description": "Terminal A connection for potentiometer 0, disconnected from the resistor stack in shutdown."
      },
      {
        "number": "6",
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        "description": "Terminal B connection for potentiometer 0."
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        "description": "Positive supply for single-supply operation of 2.7V to 5.5V, with a 0.1 µF bypass capacitor recommended close to the pin."
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