PCA9633_5 © NXP B.V. 2008. All rights reserved.
Product data sheet Rev. 05 — 25 July 2008 13 of 43
NXP Semiconductors
PCA9633
4-bit Fm+ I
2
C-bus LED driver
[1] See Section 7.7 “Using the PCA9633 with and without external drivers” for more details. Normal LEDs can be driven directly in either
mode. Some newer LEDs include integrated Zener diodes to limit voltage transients, reduce EMI and protect the LEDs, and these must
be driven only in the open-drain mode to prevent overheating the IC.
[2] Change of the outputs at the STOP command allows synchronizing outputs of more than one PCA9633. Applicable to registers from
02h (PWM0) to 08h (LEDOUT) only.
[3] See Section 7.4 “Active LOW output enable input” for more details.
[4] OUTNE[1:0] is only for PCA9633 16-pin version.
7.3.3 PWM registers 0 to 3, PWMx — Individual brightness control registers
A 97 kHz fixed frequency signal is used for each output. Duty cycle is controlled through
256 linear steps from 00h (0 % duty cycle = LED output off) to FFh
(99.6 % duty cycle = LED output at maximum brightness). Applicable to LED outputs
programmed with LDRx = 10 or 11 (LEDOUT register).
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7.3.4 Group duty cycle control, GRPPWM
When DMBLNK bit (MODE2 register) is programmed with 0, a 190 Hz fixed frequency
signal is superimposed with the 97 kHz individual brightness control signal. GRPPWM is
then used as a global brightness control allowing the LED outputs to be dimmed with the
same value. The value in GRPFREQ is then a ‘Don’t care’.
General brightness for the 4 outputs is controlled through 256 linear steps from 00h
(0 % duty cycle = LED output off) to FFh (99.6 % duty cycle = maximum brightness).
Applicable to LED outputs programmed with LDRx = 11 (LEDOUT register).
1 to 0 OUTNE[1:0]
[3][4]
R/W 00 When OE = 1 (output drivers not enabled), LEDn = 0.
01* When
OE = 1 (output drivers not enabled):
LEDn = 1 when OUTDRV = 1
LEDn = high-impedance when OUTDRV = 0 (same as OUTNE[1:0] = 10)
10 When
OE = 1 (output drivers not enabled), LEDn = high-impedance.
11 reserved
Table 9. MODE2 - Mode register 2 (address 01h) bit description
…continued
Legend: * default value.
Bit Symbol Access Value Description
Table 10. PWM0 to PWM3 - PWM registers 0 to 3 (address 02h to 05h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address Register Bit Symbol Access Value Description
02h PWM0 7:0 IDC0[7:0] R/W 0000 0000* PWM0 Individual Duty Cycle
03h PWM1 7:0 IDC1[7:0] R/W 0000 0000* PWM1 Individual Duty Cycle
04h PWM2 7:0 IDC2[7:0] R/W 0000 0000* PWM2 Individual Duty Cycle
05h PWM3 7:0 IDC3[7:0] R/W 0000 0000* PWM3 Individual Duty Cycle
duty cycle
IDC 7:0[]
256
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Table 11. GRPPWM - Group duty cycle control register (address 06h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address Register Bit Symbol Access Value Description
06h GRPPWM 7:0 GDC[7:0] R/W 1111 1111 GRPPWM register