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05/19/10 15:16
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#176026 - Multiple LEDs...
Hi,

Just wanted some advice on how to drive multiple LEDs from a single micro - probably an LPC93X or similar. I've done a few google and 8052.com searches, but most of the results are relevant to displaying multiple LEDs, whereas all I want to do is turn on one of 40 LEDs. I've considered the following:

1. PCA9698 port expander
2. MAX6957 SPI LED driver

However, considering that all I want to do is turn on ONE of 40 LEDs, they both seem to be overkill. Alternatively I could use a seperate LPC to drive the LEDs I guess.

The real question is could I multiplex the LEDs somehow so that I just set 2 ports and forget it, rather than continually refreshing, or scanning?

Any thoughts gratefully accepted.

Ta,

Rob.

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Multiple LEDs...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Shift registers            01/01/70 00:00      
      Thanks Per...            01/01/70 00:00      
   8-wide high side diver and 8-wide low side driver ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Thanks Erik...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Charlieplexing            01/01/70 00:00      
      56 LEDs from one 8-bit port!            01/01/70 00:00      
         Thanks Andy...            01/01/70 00:00      
            no extra components...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Hard to find errors            01/01/70 00:00      
               Hard to find errors            01/01/70 00:00      
                  True Per.            01/01/70 00:00      

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