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  "slug": "mcp4461-103e",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "type": "component",
  "description": "Microchip Tech Digital Potentiometers, TSSOP-20. Pinout cross-checked by two models against the datasheet, KiCad symbol/footprint/3D.",
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    "mcp4461-103e-hero.overlay.json",
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    "manufacturer": "Microchip Tech",
    "package": "TSSOP-20",
    "pin_count": 20,
    "category": "ADC/DAC/Data Conversion",
    "subcategory": "Digital Potentiometers",
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        "name": "P3A",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 3 Terminal A, the full-scale end of the resistor network, with voltage that must be between VSS and VDD."
      },
      {
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        "name": "P3W",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 3 wiper terminal, which can carry positive or negative current and must stay between VSS and VDD."
      },
      {
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        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 3 Terminal B, the zero-scale end (wiper value 0x00), with voltage that must be between VSS and VDD."
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        "number": "4",
        "name": "HVC/A0",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "High-voltage-tolerant input that serves as I2C Address 0 (latched at POR/BOR) and as the High Voltage Command pin when driven to VIHH."
      },
      {
        "number": "5",
        "name": "SCL",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "I2C serial clock input, high-voltage tolerant with Schmitt trigger, connected to the host SCL; the device is a slave and accepts only external clocks."
      },
      {
        "number": "6",
        "name": "SDA",
        "type": "bidirectional",
        "description": "I2C serial data input/output with an open-drain N-channel driver, high-voltage tolerant with Schmitt trigger."
      },
      {
        "number": "7",
        "name": "VSS",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Device ground reference."
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      {
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        "name": "P1B",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 1 Terminal B, the zero-scale end, with voltage that must be between VSS and VDD."
      },
      {
        "number": "9",
        "name": "P1W",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 1 wiper terminal, which can carry positive or negative current and must stay between VSS and VDD."
      },
      {
        "number": "10",
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        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 1 Terminal A, the full-scale end, with voltage that must be between VSS and VDD."
      },
      {
        "number": "11",
        "name": "P0A",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 0 Terminal A, the full-scale end, with voltage that must be between VSS and VDD."
      },
      {
        "number": "12",
        "name": "P0W",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 0 wiper terminal, which can carry positive or negative current and must stay between VSS and VDD."
      },
      {
        "number": "13",
        "name": "P0B",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 0 Terminal B, the zero-scale end, with voltage that must be between VSS and VDD."
      },
      {
        "number": "14",
        "name": "WP",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Hardware EEPROM write protect input, high-voltage tolerant with Schmitt trigger and a smart pull-up that shuts off while the pin is forced low."
      },
      {
        "number": "15",
        "name": "RESET",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Hardware reset input that forces the device into the POR/BOR state; high-voltage tolerant with Schmitt trigger and a weak pull-up."
      },
      {
        "number": "16",
        "name": "A1",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "I2C Address 1 input, high-voltage tolerant with smart pull-up; together with A0 it allows up to 4 devices on one I2C bus."
      },
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        "number": "17",
        "name": "VDD",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Positive power supply input relative to VSS; 2.7V to 5.5V specified, device performance may not meet specifications below 2.7V."
      },
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        "type": "passive",
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      },
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      },
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        "name": "P2A",
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        "description": "Potentiometer 2 Terminal A, the full-scale end, with voltage that must be between VSS and VDD."
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        "guard_notes": [
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