PCA9959HN-ARD: Arduino® Shield Board

24-channel SPI serial bus 32 mA/5.5 V constant current LED Driver Evaluation Board.

Overview

Target Applications

  1. Keypad backlights
  2. LED displays
  3. RGB or RGBA LED drivers
  4. Smart Assistance Response LED lighting
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Why Choose the Arduino Shield Board
PCA9957HN-ARD isometric view

PCA9957HN-ARD isometric view  

PCA9957HN-ARD top view

PCA9957HN-ARD top view  

PCA9957HN-ARD bottom view

PCA9957HN-ARD bottom view  

Why Choose the Arduino Shield Board

Why Choose the Arduino Shield Board  

Specifications

Supported Devices

Power Management

I2C LED Controllers
  • PCA9959 : 24-Channel SPI Serial Bus 63 mA/5.5 V Constant Current LED Driver

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Technical and Functional Specifications

Gradation control
  • Support up to four groups of LED gradation control
  • Each LED channel assigned to one of four groups
  • For each group, PCA9959 supports 64-grid brightness control
  • Each LED output has its own 6-bit resolution (64 steps) preset current configuration, with an absolution accuracy of ± 8%
Power supply
  • Supply voltage: 2.7V to 5.5V
  • Low standby current (170 µA)
LED current
  • 32 mA / 5.5V output drive per channel
  • Output current accuracy:
    • ±4% channel to channel
    • ±6% chip to chip
  • Output current adjusts through resistor at REXT pin
Interface
  • 10 MHz SPI interface
  • Output Enable (/OE) pin
Package
  • HVQFN40 - Plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads; 40 terminals; body 5 x 5 x 0.85 mm

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  • Arduino® Shield Board

  • PCA9959HN-ARD Arduino Shield for evaluation of the PCA9959 24-ch SPI interface 32 mA 5V Constant Current LED Controller.

    • PCA9959HN-ARD Arduino Shield
    • Quick Reference Card
    • Additional hardware required: USB A-to-MicroB cable (not included)
    • PCA9959HN-ARD
    • 1 @ US
    • $122.50
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  • UM11581 - Arduino Shields GUI and firmware installation - User Guide

    • PDF
    • Rev 1.0
    • Feb 22, 2021
    • 281.7 KB
    • UM11581
    • English

  • UM11623, PCA9959HN-ARD evaluation board - User manual

    The PCA9959HN-ARD evaluation board is a daughter card equipped with Arduino ports, designated for easy test and design of the PCA9959HN IC, 24-channel SPI serial bus 63 mA / 5.5 V constant current LED driver. The board is fully compliant with IMXRT1050-EVKB, LPCXpresso55S69 (LPC55S69-EVK) and i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 EVK (8MMINILPD4-EVK, 8MMINID4-EVK), including GUI software control. The board can be attached to any device equipped with Arduino ports.

    • PDF
    • Rev 1
    • May 21, 2021
    • 6.5 MB
    • UM11623
    • English

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