TLC6948 Design Example
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SLVUBF4A – February 2018 – Revised June 2019
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Table 4-10. TLC6948 System Structure
SYSTEM STRUCTURE
EXAMPLE VALUE
TLC6948 devices per LED display board
60
P-channel MOSFETs per LED display
board
180
4.2.1.2
SCLK and GCLK Frequency
The same as described in
, the SCLK and GCLK frequencies can be calculated with
.
shows the SCLK and GCLK minimum frequency requirements.
Table 4-11. SCLK and GCLK Frequency
DESIGN PARAMETER
EXAMPLE VALUE
Number of GCLKs for each sub-period
(m)
166 (7+9 mode, default register setup)
Number of scan lines (n)
45
Number of cascaded TLC6948 devices
(N)
15
Line switching time (L
SW
)
1.5 µs
f
GCLK
38.8 MHz
Dual edge f
GCLK,B
19.4 MHz
f
SCLK
10.4 MHz
4.2.1.3
Channel Current and Brightness Control
The same as described in
, there are two methods to set the LED current. This TLC6948
design takes method 2 as an example.
Table 4-12. Channel Current and Brightness Control Settings
DESIGN PARAMETER
EXAMPLE VALUE
R
IREF,red
4.27 k
Ω
(I
OUT,MAX
= 6 mA)
R
IREF,green
10.7 k
Ω
(I
OUT,MAX
= 2.4 mA)
R
IREF,blue
10.7 k
Ω
(I
OUT,MAX
= 2.4 mA)
BC for red LED (5 mA)
110 0110b
BC for green LED (2 mA)
110 0110b
BC for blue LED (1 mA)
0110 011b
4.2.2 FC Registers Settings
4.2.2.1
FC Register Data for Each Color
According to the calculation in previous sections, the function-control (FC) registers could be configured as
follows:
shows the FC1 though FC4 register values for red color LEDs.
Table 4-13. Function-Control Registers For Red Color LEDs
FUNCTION-CONTROL
REGISTER
REGISTER VALUE (BIN)
REGISTER VALUE (HEX)
FC1
0110 0110 0000 1000b
6608h
FC2
0100 0000 1010 0001b
40A1h
FC3
1100 1101 0110 0010b
CD62h