[Andy Brown] wanted one level converter to rule them all, so he set out to build his own which included plenty of options. The chip at the top and center is a pretty neat little device. It's an NXP 74ALVC164245DL. In addition to having an incredibly long and seemingly meaningless part number, it contains a pair of bi-directional octal ports. It runs very fast (about 333 MHz) and supports … [Read more...]