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DEMO MANUAL DC1573A

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FAULT

: The 

FAULT

 terminal is tied directly to the 

FAULT

 

pin. If there is a fault condition, the 

FAULT

 terminal is 

pulled low. When there is no fault, the terminal is pulled 

up to V

IN

. This terminal can be monitored with a voltage 

meter, tied to the input of another device, or left floating.

SHDN

/UVLO: This terminal is tied directly to the 

SHDN

/

UVLO pin. A resistor divider from PV

IN

 to GND sets the 

voltage on this terminal/pin. These resistors can be easily 

adjusted for both the UVLO level and the amount of rising 

hysteresis. See the data sheet for details. The terminal can 

also be used to shut the IC down and turn off the LEDs. 

Tie the terminal directly to GND in order to place the IC 

in shutdown and turn off the LEDs.
CTRL: This terminal is tied directly to the CTRL pin. As 

assembled, there is a 1M resistor pulling the CTRL pin up 

to REF. The CTRL pin voltage can be adjusted for analog 

dimming as shown in the data sheet. Either a voltage on 

the CTRL terminal can be driven to dim the LEDs or a 

resistor divider (R2 and R5) from PV

IN

 to GND can be 

added to reduce the CTRL voltage as PV

IN

 drops too low. 

Pulling the CTRL pin to GND turns the LEDs off.
PWM: This terminal is tied directly to the PWM pin. As 

shown in the data sheet, an input PWM waveform turns the 

LEDs ON and OFF. Dimming frequency and dimming range 

are discussed in the data sheet. When PWM dimming is 

not being used, tie PWM to REF with a 0Ω resistor (R9) 

or place a 3.3V or 5V DC source on the PWM terminal.

SYNC: This terminal is tied directly to the SYNC pin. As 

assembled, SYNC is disabled and tied directly to GND 

with a 0Ω resistor (R6). For SYNC to be used, R6 must 

be removed and a SYNC signal must be applied to this 

terminal.
INTV

CC

: This terminal is tied directly to the INTV

CC

 pin. 

This terminal is provided to be able to monitor the voltage 

on the INTV

CC

 regulator or to provide an external INTV

CC 

source to the IC. In some low voltage applications, INTV

CC 

can be tied directly to PV

IN

 or V

IN

. See the data sheet for 

details. For normal operation, leave this terminal floating.
LED+ and LED1-8: The eight LED+ terminals are the output 

voltage of the boost regulator and they are all tied together 

on the PCB. The anodes of the LED strings should be tied 

to these terminals and the cathodes to LED1-8 terminals. 

If an LED1-8 terminal is not used, it should be tied directly 

to LED+. If all LED+ to LED1-8 connections are left float-

ing or are opened during operation, DC1573A powers the 

output to 55V as programmed by OVPSET. It is okay to 

connect LEDs to the LED+ and LED1-8 terminals when it 

is powered to OVP. See data sheet for details.
LED1-8 terminals can be tied together to get more than 

100mA per LED string. Pairs of LED1-8 terminals can be 

tied together for 4× 200mA LED strings as an example. 

Individually, each LED1-8 pin can source a maximum of 

100mA, but they can be tied together for more. 

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