Maxim Integrated MAX6961ATH

Description
The MAX6960-MAX6963 are compact cathode-row display 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 multiple drivers, with display memory mapping shared and allocated among the drivers. A single global write operation can send a command to all MAX6960s in a panel.

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

Applications
Message Boards
Gaming Machines
Industrial Controls
Audio/Video Equipment