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1 Overview
The MCC iPort/AI 2 (#MIIC-212), RS-232 to I
2
C Bus Host Adapter with ASCII
Interface and
Circuit Sense
, allows any PC, Host Computer, PLC, or Single Board
Computer with a legacy or add-on serial port to become an I
2
C Master or Slave
device, transmitting or receiving I
2
C messages between the Host Computer and one
or more I
2
C devices across an I
2
C Bus.
Circuit Sense
, our I
2
C Bus voltage sensing technology, allows the iPort/AI 2 to
work with the latest I
2
C Bus devices at voltages as low as 0.5 volts.