Could you please forward my question below regarding the Texas Instruments PCA9517DGKR I2C Bus Repeater to the right folks over at TI?
Is there something wrong with the way I have the Texas Instruments PCA9517DGKR I2C Bus Repeater hooked up (see schematic below)? On the B side of the repeater, I have no I2C devices attached. On the A side, I have a processor (with 10K pull ups on SCL and SDA) and four I2C devices each at different addresses. When the repeater is installed, the processor cannot talk to any of the I2C devices. As soon as the repeater is unsoldered on the board and removed, the processor can talk to all four I2C devices with no problems. The repeater is hooked up as shown below.
Are there any known issues/errata with the PCA9517DGKR I2C bus repeater? Perhaps, it is getting confused as to which side is the master when no I2C devices are attached to the B side.