MCP42050-I

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  "description": "Microchip Tech Digital Potentiometers, TSSOP-14. Pinout cross-checked by two models against the datasheet, KiCad symbol/footprint/3D.",
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    "mpn": "MCP42050-I",
    "manufacturer": "Microchip Tech",
    "package": "TSSOP-14",
    "pin_count": 14,
    "category": "ADC/DAC/Data Conversion",
    "subcategory": "Digital Potentiometers",
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        "number": "1",
        "name": "CS",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "SPI chip select; a new command is executed after it has been loaded into the shift register, and the pin has a Schmitt Trigger input."
      },
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        "number": "2",
        "name": "SCK",
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        "description": "SPI serial clock; data is clocked into SI on the rising edge and out of SO on the falling edge, and the pin has a Schmitt Trigger input."
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        "number": "3",
        "name": "SI",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "SPI serial data input for the command and data bytes, gated to CS and with a Schmitt Trigger input."
      },
      {
        "number": "4",
        "name": "VSS",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Ground reference for the device."
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        "number": "5",
        "name": "PB1",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Terminal B connection for potentiometer 1."
      },
      {
        "number": "6",
        "name": "PW1",
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        "description": "Wiper connection for potentiometer 1."
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      {
        "number": "7",
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        "description": "Terminal A connection for potentiometer 1."
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        "number": "8",
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        "description": "Terminal A connection for potentiometer 0."
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      {
        "number": "9",
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        "number": "10",
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        "number": "11",
        "name": "RS",
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        "description": "Reset input that sets all potentiometers to mid-scale (Code 80h) when held low for at least 150 ns; it should not be toggled low while CS is low and must not be left floating."
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        "name": "SHDN",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Shutdown input that, when pulled low, opens the A terminal and connects B and W for all potentiometers; it should not be toggled low while CS is low and must not be left floating."
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        "number": "13",
        "name": "SO",
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        "description": "Push-pull serial data output for daisy-chaining; it does not go high-impedance when CS is high and drives logic-low instead."
      },
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        "number": "14",
        "name": "VDD",
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