A
B
C
D
F
E
80 RGB LEDs
80 RGB LEDs
160 RGB LEDs
30 Lines
of LEDs
90 Lines
of LEDs
160 × 90 LED Board
30 Lines
of LEDs
30 Lines
of LEDs
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Device Operation Examples
4.1
TLC6946 Design Example
The following sections show an example using a TLC6946 device to build an LED display board with 160
× 90 pixels.
4.1.1 Design Requirements
For this example, use the following as the system design parameters.
Table 4-1. TLC6946 Design Parameters
DESIGN PARAMETER
EXAMPLE VALUE
V
CC
and V
LED
value
3.8 V
SIN, SOUT, SCLK, LAT, and GCLK
voltage range
Low level = GND to 0.3 × V
CC
, high level = 0.7 × V
CC
to V
CC
Maximum current per LED
I
RED
= 5 mA, I
GREEN
= 2 mA, I
BLUE
= 1 mA
PWM resolution
14 Bits
PWM mode
8+8
Display frames per second (f
FPS
)
60 Hz
Display visual refresh rate (f
VR
)
3840 Hz
4.1.1.1
System Structure
To build an LED display board with 160 × 90 pixels, 90 TLC6946 devices and 180 P-channel MOSFETs
are required.
Figure 4-1. TLC6946 LED Display Board