Remote temperature switch — what the part does and why it matters
The Maxim Integrated MAX6512UT055 is a remote temperature switch designed to monitor the temperature of an external diode-connected transistor — typically the substrate P-N junction of a CPU, FPGA, or ASIC — and assert a logic output when the measured temperature crosses a factory-set threshold.
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