I2C-OC805S, I2C-OC805SA

I2C Bus 8-Output Open Collectors

Features
 PCF8574 and PCF8574A I2C bus I/O expander
 8 Outputs Open Collectors
 Operating voltage 2.5V to 5.5V
 Inverse polarity protection circuits
 100kHz I2C Bus frequency
 Address by 3 jumpers for use of up to 8 addresses
 Up to 16 boards on one bus
 Compatible with most microcontrollers
 Max. Load voltage 50V
 500mA Rated Collector Current(using single output)
 PCB size 67x27mm

Description
This is I2C bus output board for remote 8-output expander via I2C bus based on PCF8574 and
PCF8574A. It is called I2C Output board. Making it ideal as open collector expander for I2C bus. They are
designed to compatible with most microcontrollers.
The PCF8574 and the PCF8574A are the I2C bus controllers which talk to microcontroller and then
take commands to output ports. The PCF8574 and the PCF8574A support 100kHz bus frequency. And they
can be connected to I2C port of most microcontrollers.
The boards uses ULN2803 and ULN2803A for output drivers. Each board has 8 open collectors. Each
output supports 500mA when using single output. And the maximum voltage is 50V.
The board is addressed by 3 jumpers to make 8 different addresses. So that 8 boards can be
connected together on one bus. Moreover 16 boards can be connected together on the bus when each
board has different address. By this way, 8 boards of the PCF8574 and 8 boards of the PCF8574A can be
connected together on the same bus. Because the PCF8574 does not have the same address as the
PCF8574A.
The boards have inverse polarity protection circuit for power supply input voltage to prevent
damage from a mistake of connection. Also the board has LED to show status of the power supply voltage.

The difference between the I2C-OC805S and the I2C-OC805SA is the I2C-OC805S uses PCF8574
,but the I2C-OC805SA uses PCF8574A. The PCF8574 and PCF8574A have different addresses.

Power dissipation of ULN2803A chip is an importance for each application. So it must be calculated
for each application. Load current must not make a temperature of the chip rise over the limit of the power
dissipation.

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Diagram

VCC
GND Inverse Polarity Protection Inverters
I2C Bus Controller Open Collector
& 8-O/C
(PCF8574,PCF8574A) (ULN2803A)
SCL Power-on Output Protection
SDA

A0 A1 A2

Figure 1: Board Diagram

GND LOAD
VCC LOAD
O/C3

O/C7

O/C8
O/C1

O/C6
O/C2

O/C4

O/C5

A2
A1
A0
R-PULL SDA
R-PULL SCL
GND

GND
SDA

SDA
VCC

VCC
SCL

SCL

Figure 2: Board Diagram

Table 1: Pin Descriptions

Symbol Description
VCC Power supply input voltage 2.5V to 5.5V.
GND Ground.
SCL I2C bus serial clock signal.
SDA I2C bus serial data signal.
A0 A jumper for selecting address of A0.
A1 A jumper for selecting address of A1.
A2 A jumper for selecting address of A2.
R-PULL (SCL) A jumper for selecting 10K pull-up resistor of SDA.
R-PULL (SDA) A jumper for selecting 10K pull-up resistor of SCL.
O/C1... O/C8 Open collector1 to Open collector8.
VCC LOAD Power supply input voltage for load. 0.. 50V.
GND LOAD Ground of Load.

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I2C Bus Pull-Up Resistors

The I2C bus needs resistors for SCL and SDA lines. There are 10K ohm resistors on-board for this
purpose. These resistors can be enabled by jumpers and have to be enabled if there is no resistor on the
bus.
The bus usually needs only a pair of resistors when the boards are connected together on bus.
More pull-up resistors make bus stronger. The strong bus is needed for high speed bus. The 10K ohm is
suitable for 100Khz bus.
Enable Disable Disable Disable
VCC

10K 10K 10K 10K 10K 10K 10K 10K

SCL
SCL
SDA
SDA

Microcontroller Board1 Board2 Board3 Board4

Figure 3: Pull-Up Resistors

Interface To Microcontroller
When VCC and GND are connected to the board. LED shows status of voltage. The SCL and SDA
pins must be connected to SCL and SDA pins of microcontroller respectively.
I2C-OC805S and I2C-OC805SA can be connected together up to 16 boards on bus.

SDA
SCL
GND

SDA

To another Board
VCC

SCL

GND
VCC

Microcontroller

Figure 4: Connect to Microcontroller

I2C-OC805SA(No.16) I2C-OC805SA(No.11) I2C-OC805SA(No.10) I2C-OC805SA(No.9)

Address 7F Address 73 Address 72 Address 71

I2C-OC805S(No.1) I2C-OC805S(No.2) I2C-OC805S(No.3) I2C-OC805S(No.8)

Address 41 Address 42 Address 43 Address 4F

I2C bus

Microcontroller
Figure 5: Multi-Boards Connection

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Bus Address

A2 A2
A1 A1
A0 A0
S 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 A S 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 A
R/W R/W
0x4E 0x7E
A2 A2
A1 A1
A0 A0
S 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 A S 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 A
R/W R/W
0x4C 0x7C
A2 A2
A1 A1
A0 A0
S 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 A S 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 A
R/W R/W
0x4A 0x7A
A2 A2
A1 A1
A0 A0
S 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 A S 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 A
R/W R/W
0x48 0x78
A2 A2
A1 A1
A0 A0
S 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 A S 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 A
R/W R/W
0x46 0x76
A2 A2
A1 A1
A0 A0
S 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 A S 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 A
R/W R/W
0x44 0x74
A2 A2
A1 A1
A0 A0
S 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 A S 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 A
R/W R/W
0x42 0x72
A2 A2
A1 A1
A0 A0
S 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 A S 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 A
R/W R/W
0x40 0x70

OPEN (HIGH) I2C-OC805S OPEN (HIGH) I2C-OC805SA

CLOSE (LOW) PCF8574 CLOSE (LOW) PCF8574A

Figure 6: Addressing

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Data Frame of Output

When user send data from microcontroller to output board via I2C bus. The first byte is address
byte. The second byte is data for outputs. The bit0 of the second byte controls O/C1. Bit value '1' means
output off and bit value '0' means output on.

O/C 8

O/C 7

O/C 6

O/C 5

O/C 4

O/C 3

O/C 2

O/C 1
S 0 1 0 0 A2 A1 A0 0 A P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 P0 A ... ... ... P

ADDRESS BYTE DATA BYTE1 DATA BYTE n

PCF8574
O/C 8

O/C 7

O/C 6

O/C 5

O/C 4

O/C 3

O/C 2

O/C 1
S 0 1 1 1 A2 A1 A0 0 A P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 P0 A ... ... ... P

ADDRESS BYTE DATA BYTE1 DATA BYTE n

PCF8574A

Figure 7: Output Data Frame of PCF8574 and PCF8574A

Load Connection
Boards have 8 outputs which can be connected to 8 loads. Each output is open collector that can
support 500mA of load current and up to 50V. The resistive and inductive loads can be connected to the
board directly because there are free-wheeling diodes on the driver chip. All free-wheeling diodes must be
connected to VCC of load. So that, the VCC and GND of loads must be supplied into the boards via +V and
GND terminals.
This is an example shows how to connect loads to terminals of board. The one end of load terminal
is connected to board and the opposite end is connected to VCC of loads. Also the VCC and GND are
connected to board too. This VCC is voltage for loads. This VCC can be up to 50V.
LOAD 1

LOAD 2

LOAD 3

LOAD 4

LOAD 6

LOAD 7

LOAD 8
LOAD 5

Figure 8: Load Connection

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Specification
Table 2: Maximum Absolute Rating

Bus frequency 100kHz

Maximum board on bus 8(16) boards
Maximum load voltage 50V
Maximum load current 500mA (single output)
Output channels 8
Power supply input voltage 2.5V – 5.5V
Dimensions

b
L

b unit inch mm

L 2.6378 67.00

W 1.0629 27.00
W
A 0.2795 7.10

a 0.1417 3.60
A a
b 0.1574 4.00

Figure 9: Dimension

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