Dear Sunil, You neglected to mention: a) if there is some signal that would indicate the direction of data flow on any bi-directional pins; and b) how fast the data is. Regards, Paul Levin consultant _____________ sunil bharadwaz wrote: > Hi , > I'am doing an application where a Microcontroller interacts with the rest of > the digital > circuitry working at 3.3 Volts (LVTTL). > > The Microcontroller can operate from 2.0 Volts to 3.6 Volts. > > The Supply to the Microcontroller can be any thing from 2.0 Volts to 3.6 > Volts , where > as the rest of the circuitry operates at a fixed 3.3 Volts. > > There is a bi-directional data flow between the uc & rest of the digital > logic. > > The max logic high I/P, the uc can tolerate is 2.5 Volts , when operated at > 2.0 Volts supply (Supply + 0.5 Volts).The logic high O/P of the rest of the > circuitry is at almost 3.3 Volts.We require a level shifter to bring down the > level of this signal which is I/P to uc. > > Similarly , the VIH of the rest of circuitry is 2.0 Volts.The VOH of uc at > 2.0 Volts supply > is only about 1.8 Volts or less.This requires a level shifter to shift to a > higher level. > > The problem here is a variable supply to uc , which can be any value from > 2.0 Volts > to 3.6 Volts. > > Pls suggest a proper level shifter here.Are there any bi-directional level > shifters for > these types of applications ? > > Thanks in Advance !! > > Regards > Sunil.B > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.net > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu