50 Mbps RS-485 transceiver for industrial buses
Receiver hysteresis is specified at 30 mV, which helps keep the bus from chattering on long twisted-pair runs in electrically noisy environments.
New designs can commit to it without near-term obsolescence risk.
That means a PCB already laid out for a generic SOIC-8 RS-485 part can take this device with zero board respin. Surface-mount only — no through-hole variant in this order code.
Sourcing and procurement note
The active lifecycle status removes the urgency of a last-time-buy, but the usual diligence on date-code consistency and lot traceability applies when procuring from the open market.