
The MAX6953 from Dallas Maxim is a compact cathode-row display driver
that interfaces a microprocessor (like PIC or AVR) to four 5x7 dot
matrix LED display trough an I2C compatible serial interface. The chip
includes some features that can help us to handle easier the displaced
data. These features are included on chip ASCII 104 character table and
also fond data for 24 user definable characters, low-power shutdown
mode, segment blinking that can be synchronized across multiple drivers
if desired, test mode that forces all LEDs on (so that we can handle led
problems) and also 16-Step digital brightness control that maybe differs
from panel to panel.

In every MAX6953 we can set a 4 bit address via only two pins (AD1 and
AD0) and with that way we can connect 16 drivers controlled from the
same channel building huge LED displays. The chip is available in 36 pin
SSOP and 40 pin DIP Packages




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