Datasheet

1. General description
The PCA9672 provides general-purpose remote I/O expansion via the two-wire
bidirectional I
2
C-bus (serial clock (SCL), serial data (SDA)).
The devices consist of eight quasi-bidirectional ports, 1 MHz 30 mA drive I
2
C-bus
interface, three hardware address inputs and a reset input operating between 2.3 V and
5.5V. 1MHz I
2
C-bus Fast-mode Plus (Fm+) can support PWM dimming of LEDs, and
higher I
2
C-bus drive 30 mA allows more devices to be on the bus without the need for bus
buffers. The quasi-bidirectional port can be independently assigned as an input to monitor
interrupt status or keypads, or as an output to activate indicator devices such as LEDs.
The system master can read from the input port or write to the output port through a single
register.
The low current consumption of 2.5 A (typical, static) is great for mobile applications and
the latched output ports have 25 mA high current sink drive capability for directly driving
LEDs.
The PCA9672 has two hardware address pins, allowing sixteen of each device to be on
the same I
2
C-bus without the need for bus buffers, so there can be supporting up to
128 I/Os (for example, 128 LEDs).
The active LOW open-drain interrupt output (INT
) can be connected to the interrupt logic
of the microcontroller and is activated when any input state differs from its corresponding
input port register state. It is used to indicate to the microcontroller that an input state has
changed and the device needs to be interrogated without the microcontroller continuously
polling the input register via the I
2
C-bus.
The internal Power-On Reset (POR) and active LOW hardware reset pin (RESET
)
initialize the I/Os as inputs with a weak internal pull-up 100 A current source.
2. Features and benefits
 I
2
C-bus to parallel port expander
 1MHz I
2
C-bus interface (Fast-mode Plus I
2
C-bus)
 Operating supply voltage 2.3 V to 5.5 V with 5.5 V tolerant I/Os held to V
DD
with
100 A current source
 8-bit remote I/O pins that default to inputs at power-up
 Latched outputs with 25 mA sink capability directly drive LEDs
 Total package sink capability of 200 mA
 Active LOW reset input
 Active LOW open-drain interrupt output
PCA9672
Remote 8-bit I/O expander for Fm+ I
2
C-bus with interrupt and
reset
Rev. 3 — 27 May 2013 Product data sheet