DISPLAY DRIVERS
Apr 01, 2002
Using the MAX6950 and the MAX6951 LED Display
Drivers with Multiplex Dual-Digit Displays
This application note discusses how to connect the MAX6950 (5 digit) and
MAX6951 (8 digit) 7-segment LED display drivers to multiplex dual digit LED
displays instead of regular single digit 7 segment displays.
This application note discusses how to connect the MAX6950 and MAX6951 7-segment LED display
drivers to multiplex type (internally communed) dual digit displays, instead of regular single digit
displays.
The MAX6950 and MAX6951 are five-digit and eight-digit common-cathode LED display drivers that
use an unusual multiplexing scheme. This multiplexing scheme minimizes the connections between the
driver and the LED display, but requires the segment connections to be different to each of the five
(MAX6950) or eight (MAX6951) digits (Table 1).
Table 1. Standard Driver Connections to Single-Digit Displays
SEG8
Pin
10
DIG0/SEG0
Pin 6
DIG1/SEG1 DIG2/SEG2 DIG3/SEG3 DIG4/SEG4 DIG5/SEG5 DIG6/SEG6 DIG7/SEG7
Pin 5
Pin 4
Pin 3
Pin 14
Pin 13
Pin 12
Pin 11
LED
Digit
0
SEG
a
CC 0
SEG dp
SEG g
SEG f
SEG e
SEG d
SEG c
SEG b
LED
Digit SEG dp
1
SEG
a
CC1
SEG g
CC2
SEG f
SEG f
CC3
SEG e
SEG e
SEG e
CC4
SEG d
SEG d
SEG d
SEG d
CC5
SEG c
SEG c
SEG c
SEG c
SEG c
SEG b
SEG b
SEG b
SEG b
SEG b
LED
Digit SEG dp
2
SEG
a
SEG g
SEG g
SEG g
SEG g
LED
Digit SEG dp
3
SEG
a
SEG f
SEG f
SEG f
LED
Digit
4
SEG
a
SEG dp
SEG e
SEG e
LED
Digit SEG dp
5*
SEG
a
SEG d