8-SOIC footprint and reflow fit
The MAX13084EESA+: No exposed pad, no thermal-via array — just a clean two-row gull-wing that places flat on the pad with minimal tombstoning risk if the solder-paste volume is balanced.
RS485 bus with no direction pin
Full-duplex operation means the transmitter and receiver are active simultaneously on separate twisted pairs — no RE/DE pin toggling, no software turnaround delay. The 100 mV receiver hysteresis filters out noise on long cable runs where ground-potential differences sit below that threshold. Data rate is 500 kbps, which covers the majority of Modbus RTU and Profibus DP applications at 187.5 kbaud or 500 kbaud.
Industrial temperature and active lifecycle
The 8-SOIC package's junction-to-ambient thermal resistance is about 120°C/W — at 5 V and 500 kbps the internal dissipation stays well under 0.5 W, so no derating concern.