TLC6948 8+8 Mode ES-PWM (48-multiplexing)
1 Total Display Period,
t
frame
= 256 × t
sub-period
Line 0
Segment 0
Line 1
Segment 0
Line 47
Segment 0
Sub-period 0
t
sub-period
Line 0
Segment 1
Line 1
Segment 1
Line 47
Segment 1
Sub-period 1
t
sub-period
Sub-period 255
t
sub-period
Line 0
Seg. 255
Line 1
Seg. 255
Line 47
Seg. 255
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OFF
ON
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OFF
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
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ON
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
Line 0
Line 1
Line 47
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SW 0
SW 1
SW 47
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PWM Control
of Selected
Scan Lines
External LED
Supply Line
Control
Switcher
PWM Control and New Frame Image Display
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Figure 3-8. TLC6948 Multiplexed 8+8 Mode of ES PWM (48-Multiplexing)
3.3.2.2
7+9 Mode of ES PWM Control
When PWM_SEL = 1, the TLC694x device operates in the 7-bit MSB + 9-bit LSB (7+9) mode.
In the conventional 7+9 mode of ES PWM control for a static LED display system, one total display period
is divided into 512 display segments. Each segment has 128 GCLK periods. The output channel OUTn
total on-time during one frame display period is distributed evenly in these 512 segments. By this means,
the visual refresh rate is increased by 512 times.
This is a good method for a static LED display system, but not good for a multiplexed (dynamic) LED
display system. If one finishes all 512 segments of one scan line, then changes to display another scan
line, the refresh rate is very low.
In the TLC694x multiplexed 7+9 mode of ES PWM control, one frame display period is divided into 512
sub-periods, which corresponds to the 512 segments of the conventional 7+9 mode of ES PWM. During
one sub-period, all scan lines display their corresponding segments sequentially. When all scan lines
finish their segment, this sub-period ends, and next sub-period starts. Because each scan line has a
chance to display in one sub-period, the visual refresh rate is 512 times higher than that of the
conventional 7+9 mode of ES PWM control.
The timing diagrams
and
show the difference between the
conventional 7+9 mode of ES PWM and the TLC694x multiplexed 7+9 mode of ES PWM.
The time of one sub-period determines the visual refresh rate, calculated as
.