LP3944
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SNVS264A –MAY 2004–REVISED APRIL 2013
LP3944 RGB/White/Blue 8-LED Fun Light Driver
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FEATURES
DESCRIPTION
LP3944 is an integrated device capable of
independently driving 8 LEDs. This device also
contains an internal precision oscillator that provides
all the necessary timing required for driving each
LED. Two prescaler registers along with two PWM
registers provide a versatile duty cycle control. The
LP3944 contains the ability to dim LEDs in
SMBUS/I2C applications where it is required to cut
down on bus traffic.
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Internal Power-on Reset
Active Low Reset
Internal Precision Oscillator
Variable Dim Rates (from 6.25 ms to 1.6s; 160
Hz–0.625 Hz)
APPLICATIONS
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Customized Flashing LED Lights for Cellular
Phones
Traditionally, to dim LEDs using a serial shift register
such as 74LS594/5 would require a large amount of
traffic to be on the serial bus. LP3944 instead
requires only the setup of the frequency and duty
cycle for each output pin. From then on, only a single
command from the host is required to turn each
individual open drain output ON, OFF, or to cycle a
programmed frequency and duty cycle. Maximum
output sink current is 25 mA per pin and 200 mA per
package. Any ports not used for controlling the LEDs
can be used for general purpose input/output
expansion.
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Portable Applications
Digital Cameras
Indicator Lamps
General Purpose I/O Expander
Toys
KEY SPECIFICATIONS
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8 LED Driver (Multiple Programmable
States—On, Off, Input, and Dimming at a
Specified Rate)
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8 Open Drain Outputs Capable of Driving up to
25 mA per LED
Typical Application Circuit
+5V
R
G
B
5V
SMBUS
2
+5V
/I C
Blue LEDs
V
DD
LED7
LED6
LED5
SDA
SCL
SDA
SCL
PORTx.D
RESET
A2
LED4
LED3
LED2
LED1
LED0
A1
Cell Phone Baseband
Controller/mController
A0
GND
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