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Can the DS1307 on 5V operation run I2C at 3.5V?

Category: Hardware
Product Number: DS1307

Hi all,

New here. Just started experimenting with the DS1307. I honestly overlooked the voltage requirement and didn't realize that it was a 5V device, however I modified my circuit to run it on 5V.

In the electrical specs under RECOMMENDED DC OPERATING CONDITIONS, it states that Logic 1 Input VIH  is minimum 2.2V...

Although this IC is running on 5V, I have SDA and SCL tied to a 2.4K pull-up to 3.5V to my MCU.

On this same I2C bus, I have an MPL3115A2 altimeter and it works and responds.

The problem is the DS1307 doesn't appear to be responding. I send it an I2C read to device address 0x68, register 0x00 and it returns 0xFF.

In fact, a read to any register will return 0xFF.

Then if I do a subsequent read to the altimeter's address, it returns what I expect.

Any ideas or pointers is appreciated.

Below are two screenshots:

MPL3115A2 (works):

DS1307 (not working):

Thanks!

Ben