1. General description
The PCF85162 is a peripheral device which interfaces to almost any Liquid Crystal
Display (LCD)
1
with low multiplex rates. It generates the drive signals for any static or
multiplexed LCD containing up to four backplanes and up to 32 segments. It can be easily
cascaded for larger LCD applications. The PCF85162 is compatible with most
microcontrollers and communicates via the two-line bidirectional I
2
C-bus. Communication
overheads are minimized by a display RAM with auto-incremented addressing, by
hardware subaddressing, and by display memory switching (static and duplex drive
modes).
For a selection of NXP LCD segment drivers, see Table 25 on page 44
.
2. Features and benefits
Single chip LCD controller and driver
Selectable backplane drive configuration: static, 2, 3, or 4 backplane multiplexing
Selectable display bias configuration: static,
1
⁄
2
, or
1
⁄
3
Internal LCD bias generation with voltage-follower buffers
32 segment drives:
Up to 16 7-segment numeric characters
Up to 8 14-segment alphanumeric characters
Any graphics of up to 128 segments/elements
32 4-bit RAM for display data storage
Display memory bank switching in static and duplex drive modes
Versatile blinking modes
Independent supplies possible for LCD and logic voltages
Wide power supply range: from 1.8 V to 5.5 V
Wide logic LCD supply range:
From 2.5 V for low-threshold LCDs
Up to 6.5 V for guest-host LCDs and high-threshold twisted nematic LCDs
Low power consumption
400 kHz I
2
C-bus interface
No external components required
Manufactured in silicon gate CMOS process
PCF85162
32 × 4 universal LCD driver for low multiplex rates
Rev. 5 — 17 December 2014 Product data sheet
1. The definition of the abbreviations and acronyms used in this data sheet can be found in Section 21.
