| The PR4010 drives up to 10
LEDs of any color individually. For more LEDs several PR4010 can be
cascaded and programmed via one serial interface. In this way it is
possible to drive for example 75 LEDs of a mulitplexed 15x5 dot
matrix display with only two PR4010 and five additional transistors.
Each of the 10 LED driver outputs is
a current sink for up to 10mA. The serial interface with latched
input allows individual programming of each LED channel by an
external microcontroller. The current variation between the LED
channels does not exceed ±5% and thus a very uniform control of the
LEDs is guaranteed. The LED current resp. the brightness for all
LEDs is set by an external resistor. Additionally it can be varied
through a PWM signal at the "blank" input, which allows ON /
OFF control for all channels independent of the serial interface.
The PR4010 has been designed for supply voltages from 3V up to 5.5V.
Data Sheet
Distribution
Typical applications are driving dot matrix or LED segment displays.
So may, for example, two PR4010 drive a 15x5 dot matrix display. 15
outputs of both PR4010 are used here as column drivers, the
remaining five outputs work as row drivers together with five
external PNP transistors in multiplexed operation.
Further applications are LED displays
like bargraphs or status displays. The PR4010 is designed in a
SSOP20 package, samples are available upon request.
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