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  "slug": "tc642beoa",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "type": "component",
  "description": "Microchip Tech Brushless DC (BLDC) Motor Driver, SOIC-8. Pinout cross-checked by two models against the datasheet, KiCad symbol/footprint/3D.",
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    "mpn": "TC642BEOA",
    "manufacturer": "Microchip Tech",
    "package": "SOIC-8",
    "pin_count": 8,
    "category": "Motor Driver ICs",
    "subcategory": "Brushless DC (BLDC) Motor Driver",
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    "distributor_links": {
      "lcsc": "C145620",
      "digikey": "TC642BEOA-ND",
      "mouser": "579-TC642BEOA"
    },
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        "pn": "TC642BEOA-ND",
        "status": "found",
        "lifecycle": "Last Time Buy"
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    "pins": [
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        "number": "1",
        "name": "VIN",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Analog input where the thermistor or other voltage-output temperature sensor connects; 1.20V to 2.60V (typical) drives 0% to 100% VOUT duty cycle."
      },
      {
        "number": "2",
        "name": "CF",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "Positive terminal of the PWM ramp generator timing capacitor; 1.0 µF is recommended for 30 Hz PWM operation."
      },
      {
        "number": "3",
        "name": "VMIN",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Analog input from an external resistor divider that sets minimum fan speed (1.20V to 2.60V typical = 0% to 100% minimum duty cycle), and pulling 0 ≤ VMIN ≤ VSHDN forces shutdown."
      },
      {
        "number": "4",
        "name": "GND",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Ground reference for the device."
      },
      {
        "number": "5",
        "name": "SENSE",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Analog input that detects fan current pulses across the sense resistor, with the absence of pulses indicating a fan fault condition (threshold 50 to 90 mV with respect to GND)."
      },
      {
        "number": "6",
        "name": "FAULT",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "Digital open-drain output that goes low on a fan fault (held until 16 pulses are detected at SENSE in a 32/f period) and, on the TC642B, when VIN reaches the 2.62V (typical) over-temperature threshold."
      },
      {
        "number": "7",
        "name": "VOUT",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "Active-high complementary PWM output that drives an external NPN base resistor or N-channel MOSFET gate, and is held continuously on during a fan fault."
      },
      {
        "number": "8",
        "name": "VDD",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Supply input referenced to GND, specified at 3.0V to 5.5V, which may be independent of the fan supply."
      }
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