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SMBus I/O Expander Overview
In their simplest form, these ICs “expand” the two-wire SMBus to 15 GPIO (general purpose input/output) pins in W83601R (nine in W83602R). This provides a board-space efficient solution to address the needs of additional I/O pins without running a large number of PCB traces from the host to the I/O devices. These chips also support interrupt output to inform the host CPU of any input device activity. A special “LED Out” function blinks a LED driven by the chips at programmable rate (including full-on and full-off). W83602R can also be configured as an ACPI power controller.
 
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Key Features
Benefits
  • 3.3V SMBus compliance
  • Up to 15 GPIO pins
  • Issue interrupt as input events notification
  • Output pins can be level or pulse mode
  • LED controller with programmable blink rate
  • ACPI power management (W83602R only)
  • Compatible with SMBus hosts
    (e.g. most newer “South Bridges”)
  • Interrupt is more efficient than polling
  • Level/pulse option eases system design
  • Ideal for DC power LED indicators; blink rate
    can indicate system states
  • Power control outputs for ACPI suspend-to-RAM
    (STR - W83602R only)
Applications
  • Notebook / Desktop / Servers
  • Industrial Computers
  • Single-board Computers
  • Embedded Systems

Product Selection Guide

Part Number Description Package Datasheets
W83601R
General Purpose Input/Output IC with SMBus. Provides 15 GPI/O pins, 5VDD
SSOP 20
W83601G
General Purpose Input/Output IC with SMBus. Provides 15 GPI/O pins, 5VDD, Pb-free
SSOP 20
W83602R
GPI/O IC with SMBus. Provides 9 GPI/O pins and ACPI power control
SSOP 20
W83602G
GPI/O IC with SMBus. Provides 9 GPI/O pins and ACPI power control, Pb-free
SSOP 20
W83L603G
General Purpose Input/Output IC with SMBus. Provides 8 GPI/O pins, 3.3VDD, Pb-free
SOP 14
W83L604G
General Purpose Input/Output IC with SMBus. Provides 14 GPI/O pins, 3.3VDD, Pb-free
SSOP 20