Rainbow Electronics MAX6963 - Manual

General Description
The MAX6960–MAX6963 are compact cathode-row dis-
play drivers that interface microprocessors to 8 x 8 dot-
matrix red, green, and yellow (R,G,Y) LED displays
through a high-speed 4-wire serial interface.
The MAX6960–MAX6963 drive two monocolor 8 x 8
matrix displays, or a single RGY 8 x 8 matrix display with
no external components. The driver can also be used
with external pass transistors to control red, green, blue
(RGB) and other displays at higher currents and voltages.
The MAX6960–MAX6963 feature open- and short-circuit
LED detection, and provide both analog and digital tile
segment current calibration to allow 8 x 8 displays from
different batches to be compensated or color matched.
A local 3-wire bus synchronizes multiple interconnected
MAX6960–MAX6963s and automatically allocates memory
map addresses to suit the user’s display-panel
architecture.
The MAX6960–MAX6963s’ 4-wire interface connects mul-
tiple drivers, with display memory mapping shared and
allocated among the drivers. A single global write opera-
tion can send a command to all MAX6960s in a panel.
The MAX6963 drives monocolor displays with two-step
intensity control. The MAX6962 drives monocolor displays
with two-step or four-step intensity control. The MAX6961
drives monocolor or RGY displays with two-step intensity
control. The MAX6960 drives monocolor or RGY displays
with two-step or four-step intensity control.
Features
♦ 2.7V to 3.6V Operation
♦ High-Speed 20MHz Serial Interface
♦ Trimmed 40mA or 20mA Peak Segment Current
♦ Directly Drives Either Two Monocolor or One RGY
Cathode-Row 8 x 8 Matrix Displays
♦ Analog Digit-by-Digit Segment Current Calibration
♦ Digital Digit-by-Digit Segment Current Calibration
♦ 256-Step Panel Intensity Control (All Drivers)
♦ Four Steps per Color Pixel-Level Intensity Control
♦ Open/Short LED Detection
♦ Burst White to Display Memory Planes
♦ Global Command Access All Devices
♦ Can Control RGB Panels or Higher
Current/Voltage Panels with External Pass
Transistors
♦ Multiple Display Data Planes Ease Animation
♦ Automatic Plane Switching from 63 Planes per
Second to One Plane Every 63s, with Interrupt
♦ Slew-Rate-Limited Segment Drivers for Lower EMI
♦ Driver Switching Timing Can Be Spread Between
Multiple Drivers to Flatten Power-Supply Peak
Demand
♦ Low-Power Shutdown with Full Data Retention
♦ -40°C to +125°C Temperature Range
MAX6960–MAX6963
4-Wire Serially Interfaced
8 x 8 Matrix Graphic LED Drivers
________________________________________________________________ Maxim Integrated Products 1
Ordering Information
19-3696; Rev 0; 7/05
For pricing, delivery, and ordering information, please contact Maxim/Dallas Direct! at
1-888-629-4642, or visit Maxim’s website at www.maxim-ic.com.
Pin Configurations continued at end of data sheet.
PART TEMP RANGE PIN-PACKAGE
PKG
CODE
M A X6 9 6 0AM H -40 °C to +125°C 44 MQFP —
M AX6960ATH -40 °C to +125°C 44 TQFN * T4477- 3
M A X6 9 6 1AM H -40 °C to +125°C 44 MQFP —
M AX6961ATH -40 °C to +125°C 44 TQFN * T4477-3
M A X6 9 6 2AM H -40 °C to +125°C 44 MQFP —
M AX6962ATH -40 °C to +125°C 44 TQFN * T4477-3
M A X6 9 6 3AM H -40 °C to +125°C 44 MQFP —
M AX6963ATH -40 °C to +125°C 44 TQFN * T4477-3
COL13
COL12
COL11
COL10
COL9
V+
COL8
COL7
COL6
COL5
COL4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34
33
32
31
30
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
GND OSC
CS DIN
DOUT
CLK RST
COL1 COL2 COL3
V+
GND RISET1 RISET0 ADDCLK ADDIN ADDOUT V+ COL16 COL15 COL14 V+
MQFP
MAX6960-MAX6963
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Pin Configurations
Applications
Message Boards Industrial Controls
Gaming Machines Audio/Video Equipment
*EP = Exposed pad.