The PCA9553 LED blinker blinks LEDs in I2C-bus and SMBus applications where it is necessary to limit bus traffic or free up the I2C-bus master's (MCU, MPU, DSP, chip set, etc.) timer. The uniqueness of this device is the internal oscillator with two programmable blink rates. To blink LEDs using normal I/O expanders like the PCF8574 or PCA9554, the bus master must send repeated commands to turn the LED on and off. This greatly increases the amount of traffic on the I2C-bus and uses up one of the master's timers. The PCA9553 LED blinker instead requires only the initial set-up command to program BLINK RATE 1 and BLINK RATE 2 (i.e., the frequency and duty cycle). From then on, only one command from the bus master is required to turn each individual open-drain output ON, OFF, or to cycle at BLINK RATE 1 or BLINK RATE 2. Maximum output sink current is 25 mA per bit and 100 mA per package.
Any bits not used for controlling the LEDs can be used for General Purpose Parallel Input/Output (GPIO) expansion.
Power-On Reset (POR) initializes the registers to their default state, all zeroes, causing the bits to be set HIGH (LED off).
Due to pin limitations, the PCA9553 is not featured with hardware address pins. The PCA9553/01 and the PCA9553/02 have different fixed I2C-bus addresses allowing operation of both on the same bus.
| Type number | North American Type number | Ordering code (12NC) | Product status | Package | Packing | Marking | Chemical content | Leadfree conversion date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCA9553D/01 | PCA9553D/01 | 9352 728 25112 | Volume production | SOT96-1
(SO8) | Tube | Standard Marking | PCA9553D/01
| week 5, 2005 |
| PCA9553D/01 | PCA9553D/01-T | 9352 728 25118 | Volume production | SOT96-1
(SO8) | Tape reel smd | Standard Marking | PCA9553D/01
| week 5, 2005 |
| PCA9553D/02 | PCA9553D/02 | 9352 728 27112 | Volume production | SOT96-1
(SO8) | Tube | Standard Marking | PCA9553D/02
| week 5, 2005 |
| PCA9553D/02 | PCA9553D/02-T | 9352 728 27118 | Volume production | SOT96-1
(SO8) | Tape reel smd | Standard Marking | PCA9553D/02
| week 5, 2005 |
| PCA9553DP/01 | PCA9553DP/01-T | 9352 728 26118 | Volume production | SOT505-1
(TSSOP8) | Reel Pack, SMD, 13" | Standard Marking | PCA9553DP/01
| week 12, 2005 |
| PCA9553DP/02 | PCA9553DP/02-T | 9352 728 28118 | Volume production | SOT505-1
(TSSOP8) | Reel Pack, SMD, 13" | Standard Marking | PCA9553DP/02
| week 12, 2005 |
| PCA9553TK | PCA9553TK-T | 9352 821 58118 | Volume production | SOT908-1
(HVSON8) | Reel Pack, SMD, 13" | Standard Marking | PCA9553TK
| Always Pb-free |
| PCA9553TK/02 | 9352 868 81118 | Development | SOT908 | Reel Pack, SMD, 13" | Standard Marking | Not available
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| Type number | Ordering code(12NC) | Indicative price/unit($) | Region | Distributor | In stock | Inventory date | Buy online | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCA9553D/01 | 9352 728 25112 | 1.6400 | Order samples | |||||
| PCA9553D/01 | 9352 728 25118 | 1.0100 | not available | |||||
| PCA9553D/02 | 9352 728 27112 | Order samples | ||||||
| PCA9553D/02 | 9352 728 27118 | not available | ||||||
| PCA9553DP/01 | 9352 728 26118 | 0.9600 | Order samples | |||||
| PCA9553DP/02 | 9352 728 28118 | Order samples | ||||||
| PCA9553TK | 9352 821 58118 | Order samples | ||||||
| PCA9553TK/02 | 9352 868 81118 | not available |
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| Type number | Package | Operating temp.(Cel) | PWMs | # of Bits | I²C-bus(kHz) | Operating voltage(VDC) | Max Sink Current per bit(mA) | # of Addresses | Max Sink Current per package(mA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCA9553D/01 | SOT96-1
(SO8) | -40~85 | 2 (40 Hz to 6.4 sec) | 4 | 400 | 2.3~5.5 | 25 | 1 | 100 |
| PCA9553D/02 | SOT96-1
(SO8) | -40~85 | 2 (40 Hz to 6.4 sec) | 4 | 400 | 2.3~5.5 | 25 | 1 | 100 |
| PCA9553DP/01 | SOT505-1
(TSSOP8) | -40~85 | 2 (40 Hz to 6.4 sec) | 4 | 400 | 2.3~5.5 | 25 | 1 | 100 |
| PCA9553DP/02 | SOT505-1
(TSSOP8) | -40~85 | 2 (40 Hz to 6.4 sec) | 4 | 400 | 2.3~5.5 | 25 | 1 | 100 |
| PCA9553TK | SOT908-1
(HVSON8) | -40~85 | 2 (40 Hz to 6.4 sec) | 4 | 400 | 2.3~5.5 | 25 | 1 | 100 |
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