Reset supervisor with dual threshold and open-drain output
The MAX1232CSA+ is a single-channel Simple Reset/Power-On Reset supervisor from Analog Devices, monitoring a single voltage rail with two selectable threshold levels: 4.37 V and 4.62 V. The reset output is configurable as active high or active low, and the output driver is open drain — this lets the supervisor pull the reset line low (or high) regardless of the monitored rail's state, and allows multiple open-drain outputs to share a common pull-up resistor. A minimum reset timeout of 250 ms ensures the downstream processor's oscillator and PLL have settled before the reset is released, preventing brown-boot conditions on power-up or after a transient.
