MAX6960AMH+D Maxim Integrated Products, MAX6960AMH+D Datasheet
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MAX6960AMH+D
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... MQFP Pin Configurations continued at end of data sheet. ________________________________________________________________ Maxim Integrated Products For pricing, delivery, and ordering information, please contact Maxim Direct at 1-888-629-4642, or visit Maxim’s website at www.maxim-ic.com. 4-Wire Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers ♦ 2.7V to 3.6V Operation ♦ High-Speed 20MHz Serial Interface ♦ ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS (Voltage with respect to GND.) V+ .............................................................................-0.3V to +4V All Other Pins................................................-0.3V to (V+ + 0.3V) ROW1–ROW8 Sink Current ..............................................750mA COL1–COL16 Source Current ...........................................48mA Continuous Power Dissipation ...
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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (continued) (V+ = 2.7V to 3.6V typical values 3.3V MIN MAX PARAMETER SYMBOL LOGIC INPUTS AND OUTPUTS Input Leakage Current DIN, CLK, CS, OSC, ADDIN, I ADDCLK, ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers (T = +25°C, unless otherwise noted.) A OPERATING SUPPLY CURRENT vs. TEMPERATURE 8.0 3.6V 7.8 3.3V 7.6 7.4 2.7V 7.2 7.0 - 125 TEMPERATURE (°C) PEAK-OUTPUT ...
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PIN NAME MQFP TQFN 11, GND 12, 44 12, 44 2–5, 7–10 2–5, 7–10 ROW1–ROW8 13 13 OSC DIN 16 16 DOUT 17 17 CLK RST 18 18 19, 20, ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers Table 1. Levels of Functionality RGB 2 RGB PART BITS PER 1 BIT PER 2 BITS PER PIXEL* PIXEL* √ √ MAX6960 √ MAX6961 — √ √ MAX6962 √ MAX6963 ...
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Bicolor: Literally means two color, and usually refers to LEDs built with two LED dice of different colors, typically red and green or red and orange/yellow. • Tricolor: Literally means three color, and can refer to LEDs built with ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers Table 4. Standard Driver Connection to Monocolor and RGY Displays DRIVER PINS ROW1–ROW8 Digit 0 (red*) rows (cathodes) Monocolor digit 0 (red Digit 1 ...
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DRIVER0 RED GREEN DRIVER6 RED GREEN DRIVER12 RED GREEN DRIVER18 RED GREEN Figure 2. RGY 1-Bit-per-Pixel 48-Pixel x 32-Pixel Display Example ROW 1 ROW 2 ROW 3 ROW 4 ROW 5 ROW 6 ROW 7 ROW 8 Figure 3. 8 ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers Table 5. Frame Modulation with Pixel Intensity PIXEL PIXEL BIT BIT INTENSITY GRADUATION SETTING Both 1 1 Arithmetic 1 0 Geometric 1 0 Arithmetic 0 1 Geometric 0 1 Both ...
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Table 7. Register Addressing Modes DATA FORMAT 8-bit indirect display memory addressing. Address is global display indirect address (14 bits) stored as {MSB, LSB} in {register 0x0A, register 0x09}. 16-bit device addressing. Factory reserved; do not write to this address. ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers CSS CL CLK DIN Dn Dn-1 DOUT Figure 5. Timing Diagram 24-Bit Transmissions Twenty-four-bit transmissions are read/write, address- and-data accesses to the MAX6960’s ...
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CS CLK DIN TRI-STATE DOUT Figure 6. 8-Bit Write to the MAX6960–MAX6963 CS CLK D15 DIN D14 D13 D12 = 0 TRI-STATE DOUT Figure 7. 16-Bit Write to the MAX6960–MAX6963 CS CLK DIN D23 D22 D21 D20 D19 D18 = ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers CS CLK DIN D15 D14 D13 D12 D11 = 1 TRI-STATE DOUT Figure 9. 16-Bit Read from the MAX6960–MAX6963 CS CLK DIN D23 D22 D21 D20 D19 D18 D17 D16 ...
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Interface Data Lines (ADDOUT and ADDIN) One MAX6960 is designated the master device, and this is allocated driver address 0. The master’s ADDIN pin is connected to V+, identifying it as the first device. This first MAX6960 should be ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers Table 9. Register Address Local/Global Control Bit Format REGISTER LOCAL: Only the MAX6960 indirected by driver indirect address is written. GLOBAL: All MAX6960s are written with the same data. LOCAL: ...
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Table 12. Power-Up Configuration REGISTER FUNCTION POWER-UP CONDITION Driver address (read only) Address 0 Pixel intensity scale Arithmetic for red and green Panel intensity 128/256 intensity Digit 0 intensity Full 255/256 Digit 1 intensity Full 255/256 Fault No faults Global ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers Table 15. Global Panel Configuration Register Format REGISTER Global panel configuration Table 16. Global Panel Configuration—Shutdown Control (S Data Bit D0) Format REGISTER Shutdown Normal operation Table 17. Global Panel ...
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Table 19. Global Panel Configuration—Ripple Sync Control (R Data Bit D4) Format REGISTER Ripple sync is disabled; all interconnected MAX6960s on the same 4-wire bus resynchronize together. Ripple sync is enabled; all interconnected MAX6960s on the same 4-wire bus resynchronize ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers Table 21. Global Panel Configuration—Color Control (C Data Bit D6) Format REGISTER Display panel is built with monocolor or RGB digits (permanently set this way for MAX6962 and MAX6963) Display ...
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TIMESLOT 122μs TIMESLOT ROW 0 ROW 1 ROW 0 ANODE DRIVER INTENSITY SETTINGS HIGH-Z LOW 2/256th (MIN ON) HIGH-Z 3/256th LOW HIGH-Z 4/256th LOW 249/256th LOW 250/256th LOW 251/256th LOW 252/256th LOW 253/256th LOW 254/256th LOW (MAX ON) ROW/CATHODE ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers 122μs TIMESLOT 122μs TIMESLOT ROW 0 ROW 1 ROW 0 ANODE DRIVER INTENSITY SETTINGS 2/256th (MIN ON) 3/256th 4/256th 249/256th 250/256th 251/256th 252/256th 253/256th 254/256th (MAX ON) MINIMUM 1.91μs INTERDIGIT ...
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Table 25. Digit 0 Intensity Register Format REGISTER 0/256 1/256 2/256 3/256 4/256 — 251/256 252/256 253/256 254/256 255/256 (max on) Table 26. Digit 1 Intensity Register Format REGISTER 0/256 1/256 2/256 3/256 4/256 — 251/256 252/256 253/256 254/256 255/256 ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers Table 27. Panel Intensity Register Format REGISTER 2/256 (min on) 3/256 4/256 5/256 — 251/256 252/256 253/256 254/256 255/256 (max on) Table 28. Global Driver Indirect Address Format REGISTER Global ...
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Table 29. Global Display Indirect Address Format REGISTER Global display indirect address LSB Global display indirect address MSB Table 30. Global Plane Counter Register Format REGISTER PLANE COUNTER Manual selection to plane 0—counter disabled Manual selection to plane 1—counter disabled ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers Table 30. Global Plane Counter Register Format (continued) REGISTER PLANE COUNTER Auto fast plane counter—2 frames per second — Auto fast plane counter— 62 frames per second Auto fast plane ...
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Table 31. Global Clear Planes Register Format ADDRESS ACTION CODE (HEX) GLOBAL CLEAR PLANES 0x0C Clear all red plane P0 0x0C display memory Clear all red plane P1 0x0C display memory Clear all red plane P2 0x0C display memory* Clear ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers V REF R INT 42 RISET0 MAX6960 MAX6961 MAX6962 V MAX6963 REF R INT 43 RISET1 Figure 13. RISET0 and RISET1 Internal Architecture SETTING LED CURRENT TO 40mA 42 RISET0 ...
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The MAX6960 operates from a single 2.7V to 3.6V power supply. Accuracy of the LED drive current of 20mA is guaranteed over this supply range. Accuracy of the LED drive current of 40mA is guaranteed over a supply range of ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers IC1A 74VHC541 DIN ...
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To use these drivers, choose R1 to set the desired peak segment current I according to the driver PEAK supply voltage V and the LED forward voltage DRIVER drop V : LED PEAK ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers 3.3V MAX6960 ADDIN ADDOUT ROW1–ROW8 COL0–COL8 COL9–COL16 ANODE CATHODE COLUMNS ROWS DIGIT 0 DIGIT 1 (DIGITS 0, 1) RED RED 3.3V MAX6960 ADDIN ADDOUT ROW1–ROW8 COL0–COL8 COL9–COL16 ANODE CATHODE COLUMNS ...
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For the latest package outline information go to www.maxim-ic.com/packages.) ______________________________________________________________________________________ 4-Wire Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers Package Information PACKAGE OUTLINE 44L MQFP, ...
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Serially Interfaced Matrix Graphic LED Drivers (The package drawing(s) in this data sheet may not reflect the most current specifications. For the latest package outline information go to www.maxim-ic.com/packages.) E E/2 D ______________________________________________________________________________________ Package ...
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