MCP4561-103E

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  "description": "Microchip Tech Digital Potentiometers, MSOP-8. Pinout cross-checked by two models against the datasheet, KiCad symbol/footprint/3D.",
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    "mpn": "MCP4561-103E",
    "manufacturer": "Microchip Tech",
    "package": "MSOP-8",
    "pin_count": 8,
    "category": "Data Converters",
    "subcategory": "Digital Potentiometers",
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        "number": "1",
        "name": "HVC/A0",
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        "description": "High-voltage-tolerant (up to 12.5V) Schmitt-trigger input that serves as I2C Address 0, latched at POR/BOR, and as the High Voltage Command pin when driven to VIHH."
      },
      {
        "number": "2",
        "name": "SCL",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "I2C serial clock input from the host controller; the device is a slave and accepts only external clock signals, with a high-voltage-tolerant Schmitt-trigger input."
      },
      {
        "number": "3",
        "name": "SDA",
        "type": "bidirectional",
        "description": "I2C serial data input/output with an open-drain N-channel driver and a high-voltage-tolerant Schmitt-trigger input."
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        "number": "4",
        "name": "VSS",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Ground reference for the device."
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        "name": "P0A",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 0 Terminal A, the fixed full-scale connection (wiper code 0x100 for 8-bit); it has no polarity relative to W or B and its voltage must be between VSS and VDD."
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      {
        "number": "6",
        "name": "P0W",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Potentiometer 0 wiper terminal, the adjustable terminal; it has no polarity, supports positive and negative current, and its voltage must be between VSS and VDD."
      },
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        "number": "8",
        "name": "VDD",
        "type": "power_in",
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