
NXP Semiconductors
UM11761
PCA9955BTW-ARD evaluation board
7.4 Groups tab
Figure 20. Graphical interface – Groups / Brightness tab activated
The
Groups
contains nine secondary tabs. The default secondary tab from
Channels
is
Brightness
(see the red left arrows in
). The secondary tabs set the internal
registers of PCA9955B device for four user defined groups of channels.
the names and address of the registers. See the PCA9955B datasheet for more details
about the internal registers which can be accessed from the
Channels
tab.
Secondary tab
Picture in
Register name
Register HEX
Remarks
Brightness
GRPPWM
#06h
Read / Write
Blink
GRPFREQ
#07h
Read / Write
Gain
IREFGRP0 to IREFGR3
#2Bh, #2Fh, #33h, #37h
Read / Write
Ramping
RAMPRATE_GRPx
#28h, #2Ch, #30h, #34h
Read / Write
Step time
STEPTIME_GRPx
#29h, #2Dh, #31h, #35h
Read / Write
Hold
HOLDCNTL_GRPx
#2Ah, #2Eh, #32h, #36h
Read / Write
All Call I2C
ALLCALLADR
#43h
Read / Write
Gradation
GRADCNTL
#3Eh
Read / Write
Define
GRADGRP_SELx
#3Ah, #3Bh, #3Ch, #3Dh
Read / Write / Write All
Table 9. Secondary tabs under Groups tab
The
Write
button sets individually the new values from the GUI to the internal registers of
the DUT. The
WriteAll
button sets globally the registers specified in
Read
button brings back to the GUI the values from the PCA9955B registers to the graphical
interface.
The GUI application is reflecting the PCA9955B internal registers, therefore the user
must fully understand the register map of the PCA9955B IC. In
instructions are provided, to help the user for quick check of the PCA9955BTW-ARD
board and understanding how to write the registers of the PCA9955B IC.
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