SLVA787 September 2016 LM8330 , LM8335 , P82B715 , P82B96 , PCA6107 , PCA9306 , PCA9306-Q1 , PCA9515A , PCA9515B , PCA9518 , PCA9534 , PCA9534A , PCA9535 , PCA9536 , PCA9538 , PCA9539 , PCA9543A , PCA9544A , PCA9545A , PCA9546A , PCA9548A , PCA9554 , PCA9554A , PCA9555 , PCA9557 , PCF8574 , PCF8574A , PCF8575 , PCF8575C , TCA4311A , TCA6408A , TCA6416A , TCA6418E , TCA6424A , TCA9509 , TCA9517 , TCA9517A , TCA9534 , TCA9534A , TCA9535 , TCA9538 , TCA9539 , TCA9539-Q1 , TCA9543A , TCA9544A , TCA9545A , TCA9546A , TCA9548A , TCA9554 , TCA9554A , TCA9555 , TCA9617A , TCA9617B , TCA9800 , TCA9801 , TCA9802 , TCA9803
A common fix for slave devices on the I2C bus that are experiencing faults is to power-cycle their power supplies to reset them. Power-cycling the power supply for the I/O expander can negatively affect other devices that are shared on a power rail. For example, it is possible for an I/O expander to share a power rail with an ambient light sensor that must be powered for the duration of device operation. Some I/O expanders feature a RESET pin, which offers the ability to manually reset the device using a microcontroller or microprocessor to toggle the reset input. The RESET pin functionality allows the power supply to remain powered while resetting the I/O expander.