GeneralDescriptionTheMAX5422/MAX5423/MAX5424nonvolatile,linear-taper,digitalpotentiometersperformthefunctionofamechanicalpotentiometer,butreplacethemechanicswithasimple3-wireSPI™-compatibledigitalinterface
Eachdeviceperformsthesamefunctionasadiscretepotentiometerorvariableresistorandhas256tappoints
Thedevicesfeatureaninternal,nonvolatileEEPROMusedtostorethewiperpositionforinitializationduringpower-up
The3-wireSPI-compatibleserialinterfaceallowscommunicationatdataratesupto5MHz,mini-mizingboardspaceandreducinginterconnectioncom-plexityinmanyapplications
TheMAX5422/MAX5423/MAX5424providethreenomi-nalresistancevalues:50kΩ(MAX5422),100kΩ(MAX5423),or200kΩ(MAX5424)
Thenominalresistortemperaturecoefficientis35ppm/°Cend-to-endandonly5ppm/°Cratiometric
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