Quote Originally Posted by Joe S. View Post
Hello Jamshid Dastur, I think a simple transistor would work to switch data @ 5 volts, keeping in mind it would invert the data.
Hi Joe, are you sure about MAX ic that its not a serial decoder, and just a level shifter, if so...then i can simply use a zener diode to drop voltage and a 40XX buffer ic to up the level without any inversion...

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Jamshid Dastur