LP3944 is an integrated device capable of independentlydriving 8 LEDs. This device also contains an internal precisionoscillator that provides all the necessary timing requiredfor driving each LED. Two prescaler registers along with twoPWM registers provide a versatile duty cycle control. TheLP3944 contains the ability to dim LEDs in SMBUS/I2Capplications where it is required to cut down on bus traffic.Traditionally, to dim LEDs using a serial shift register such as74LS594/5 would require a large amount of traffic to be onthe serial bus. LP3944 instead requires only the setup of thefrequency and duty cycle for each output pin. From then on,only a single command from the host is required to turn eachindividual open drain output ON, OFF, or to cycle a programmedfrequency and duty cycle. Maximum output sinkcurrent is 25 mA per pin and 200 mA per package. Any portsnot used for controlling the LEDs can be used for generalpurpose input/output expansion.
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