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  "slug": "mcp4441-103e",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "type": "component",
  "description": "Microchip Tech Digital Potentiometers, QFN-20-EP(4x4). Pinout cross-checked by two models against the datasheet, KiCad symbol/footprint/3D.",
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    "mpn": "MCP4441-103E",
    "manufacturer": "Microchip Tech",
    "package": "QFN-20-EP(4x4)",
    "pin_count": 21,
    "category": "ADC/DAC/Data Conversion",
    "subcategory": "Digital Potentiometers",
    "datasheet": "https://datasheet.lcsc.com/datasheet/pdf/79d8b0a98303dc2487a8107cea095d17.pdf",
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    "distributor_links": {
      "lcsc": "C637735"
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        "status": "no match"
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      "mouser": {
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        "status": "no match"
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      {
        "number": "1",
        "name": "P3B",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 3 terminal B is the fixed connection to the zero-scale wiper value (0x00); its voltage must be between VSS and VDD and it can carry positive and negative current."
      },
      {
        "number": "2",
        "name": "HVC/A0",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Address 0 input for the I2C interface, latched at POR/BOR, and the High Voltage Command pin (a VIHH level selects a high-voltage command); the input is high-voltage tolerant with a Schmitt trigger."
      },
      {
        "number": "3",
        "name": "SCL",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "I2C serial clock input connected to the host controller; the device is a slave that accepts only external clock signals, with a high-voltage tolerant Schmitt-trigger input."
      },
      {
        "number": "4",
        "name": "SDA",
        "type": "bidirectional",
        "description": "I2C serial data I/O implemented as an open-drain N-channel driver, with a high-voltage tolerant Schmitt-trigger input."
      },
      {
        "number": "5",
        "name": "VSS",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Device ground reference; the VDD supply and all terminal voltages are referenced to this pin."
      },
      {
        "number": "6",
        "name": "P1B",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 1 terminal B is the fixed connection to the zero-scale wiper value (0x00); its voltage must be between VSS and VDD and it can carry positive and negative current."
      },
      {
        "number": "7",
        "name": "P1W",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 1 wiper terminal is the adjustable tap of the digital potentiometer; its voltage must be between VSS and VDD and it can carry positive and negative current."
      },
      {
        "number": "8",
        "name": "P1A",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 1 terminal A is connected to the full-scale wiper value (0x100 for 8-bit or 0x80 for 7-bit devices); its voltage must be between VSS and VDD and it can carry positive and negative current."
      },
      {
        "number": "9",
        "name": "P0A",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 0 terminal A is connected to the full-scale wiper value (0x100 for 8-bit or 0x80 for 7-bit devices); its voltage must be between VSS and VDD and it can carry positive and negative current."
      },
      {
        "number": "10",
        "name": "P0W",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 0 wiper terminal is the adjustable tap of the digital potentiometer; its voltage must be between VSS and VDD and it can carry positive and negative current."
      },
      {
        "number": "11",
        "name": "P0B",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 0 terminal B is the fixed connection to the zero-scale wiper value (0x00); its voltage must be between VSS and VDD and it can carry positive and negative current."
      },
      {
        "number": "12",
        "name": "WP",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Hardware EEPROM write-protect input that forces the nonvolatile memory to be write protected; it is a high-voltage tolerant input with a Schmitt trigger."
      },
      {
        "number": "13",
        "name": "RESET",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Hardware reset input that forces the device into the POR/BOR state; it is a high-voltage tolerant Schmitt-trigger input with a weak pull-up."
      },
      {
        "number": "14",
        "name": "A1",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "I2C Address 1 input which, together with A0, sets the device address so up to 4 MCP44XX devices can share one bus; it is a high-voltage tolerant input whose smart pull-up shuts off while the pin is forced low."
      },
      {
        "number": "15",
        "name": "VDD",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Positive power supply input referenced to VSS; electrical performance may not meet the datasheet specifications while VDD is below 2.7V (Vmin)."
      },
      {
        "number": "16",
        "name": "P2B",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 2 terminal B is the fixed connection to the zero-scale wiper value (0x00); its voltage must be between VSS and VDD and it can carry positive and negative current."
      },
      {
        "number": "17",
        "name": "P2W",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 2 wiper terminal is the adjustable tap of the digital potentiometer; its voltage must be between VSS and VDD and it can carry positive and negative current."
      },
      {
        "number": "18",
        "name": "P2A",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 2 terminal A is connected to the full-scale wiper value (0x100 for 8-bit or 0x80 for 7-bit devices); its voltage must be between VSS and VDD and it can carry positive and negative current."
      },
      {
        "number": "19",
        "name": "P3A",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 3 terminal A is connected to the full-scale wiper value (0x100 for 8-bit or 0x80 for 7-bit devices); its voltage must be between VSS and VDD and it can carry positive and negative current."
      },
      {
        "number": "20",
        "name": "P3W",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 3 wiper terminal is the adjustable tap of the digital potentiometer; its voltage must be between VSS and VDD and it can carry positive and negative current."
      },
      {
        "number": "21",
        "name": "EP",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Exposed pad conductively connected to the die substrate; it should be tied to the same potential as VSS or left unconnected, and it can serve as a heat sink when attached to a PCB heat sink."
      }
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        "guards": "pin_guards 0.1: passed",
        "guard_notes": [
          "extractor flagged: The QFN-20 (4x4) pin assignments come from the QFN 20L column of Table 3-1 on page 39 (pin descripti; The ordering text for MCP4441-103E (the suffix-to-package mapping) is not in the 20 pages provided. ; The exposed pad (pin 21) has no electrical function in the datasheet beyond being tied to VSS or lef"
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