Diodes Incorporated Unveils PI7C9X762Q I2C/SPI-to-UART Bridge for Enhanced Automotive Connectivity in 2025

Diodes announced the PI7C9X762Q, an automotive-compliant I2C/SPI-bus-to-dual-channel UART bridge designed for low-power consumption in operation and sleep mode, targeting electric vehicle (EV) applications. 
The device is intended for use in smart cockpits, central controllers, I/O module controllers, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), telematics, and zonal gateways.The PI7C9X762Q supports full bi-directional protocol conversion with SPI clock speeds up to 33Mbps.

Its UART features 64 bytes of TX/RX FIFOs with programmable trigger levels and supports programmable character formatting, including 5-bit, 6-bit, 7-bit, or 8-bit characters, with even, odd, or no parity, and 1, 1.5, or 2 stop bits.
 The internal register set is backward compatible with existing UARTs, facilitating software development and migration.Packaged in a 5mm x 5mm 32-contact TQFN, the device includes up to eight programmable general-purpose I/O (GPIO) pins for design flexibility.

It incorporates auto-hardware and software flow control for stable and cost-effective interconnectivity, along with support for fractional baud rates and a software reset function that allows resetting the UART independently of a hardware reset signal.The PI7C9X762Q is priced at $3.68 in 1,000-piece quantities. 
A standard compliance version, PI7C9X762, is available for industr...