Open-drain hex inverter for wired-OR and level translation
The SN74HC05DT is a Texas Instruments 74HC-series hex inverter with open-drain outputs. Each of the six inverters can sink up to 5.2 mA when the output is low.
What the open-drain output means for your board
Because the output is open-drain, the high-level voltage is set by the pull-up resistor and its supply — not by the chip's VCC. The 5.2 mA sink current per output is enough for a typical LED or a logic input.
Lifecycle and sourcing
No end-of-life notice is on record.
