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The Great Search - Single Channel 3V to 5V level shifter

Adafruit Industries
Adafruit Industries
Episode • Jun 12, 2023 • 15m
The Great Search - Single Channel 3V to 5V level shifter

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/diodes-incorporated/74AHCT1G126SE-7/2711993

On our new Prop-Maker Feather we like to do a 'favor' to our users by level shifting the NeoPixel signal from 3.3V to 5V. We don't always need this but some NeoPixel chipsets are a little finicky about the levels, especially if you have a 5.5V or 6V power line on the NeoPixels. We'll use a single buffer, and it needs to be small, so we'd like a tiny package. We'll also review the 74 series logic family (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7400-series_integrated_circuits) to verify what series we want to filter out when we search on DigiKey for this part.

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