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MAX485 RS-485 Transceiver IC DIP-8 | 5V Half Duplex

MAX485 RS-485 Transceiver IC DIP-8 | 5V Half Duplex

Product code: MAX485-IC-DIP8-NZ
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MAX485 RS-485 Transceiver IC

Add a differential serial link to your own circuit with this single MAX485 through-hole IC. It contains one driver and one receiver for half-duplex RS-485/RS-422 communication. This is the bare chip, not a ready-wired module or USB converter.

  • Supply: 5 V (4.75–5.25 V operating range)
  • Data rate: up to 2.5 Mb/s at the IC; practical bus speed depends on cable and layout
  • Bus load: standard 1-unit-load receiver; up to 32 unit-load nodes on an RS-485 bus
  • Package: 8-pin through-hole DIP, suitable for sockets and prototype boards
  • Protection: driver current limiting and thermal shutdown; open-circuit receiver fail-safe output

Pin functions (top view, notch at top)

Pin Signal Function
1 RO Receiver output
2 /RE Receiver enable, active low
3 DE Driver enable, active high
4 DI Driver input
5 GND Ground
6 A Non-inverting bus line
7 B Inverting bus line
8 VCC 5 V supply

Connection notes

Power the IC from a regulated 5 V supply. Its RO output may reach 5 V, so protect a 3.3 V-only microcontroller input with suitable level shifting or choose a 3.3 V transceiver. Provide termination and idle biasing where your bus design requires them; these parts are not included.

Supplied: 1 × MAX485 DIP-8 transceiver IC. No breakout board, terminals or external resistors.

See the manufacturer MAX485 family datasheet for electrical limits and application circuits.

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