8-bit UFm 5 MHz I²C-bus 100 mA 40 V LED driver

The PCU9654 is a UFm I²C-bus controlled 8-bit LED driver optimized for voltage switch dimming and blinking 100 mA Red/Green/Blue/Amber (RGBA) LEDs. Each LED output has its own 8-bit resolution (256 steps) fixed frequency individual PWM controller that operates at 97 kHz with a duty cycle that is adjustable from 0 % to 99.6 % to allow the LED to be set to a specific brightness value. An additional 8-bit resolution (256 steps) group PWM controller has both a fixed frequency of 190 Hz and an adjustable frequency between 24 Hz to once every 10.73 seconds with a duty cycle that is adjustable from 0 % to 99.6 % that is used to either dim or blink all LEDs with the same value.

Each LED output can be off, on (no PWM control), set at its individual PWM controller value or at both individual and group PWM controller values. The PCU9654 operates with a supply voltage range of 2.3 V to 5.5 V and the 100 mA open-drain outputs allow voltages up to 40 V for LED supply.

The PCU9654 is one of the first LED controller devices in a new Ultra Fast-mode (UFm) family. UFm devices offer higher frequency (up to 5 MHz).

The active LOW Output Enable input pin (OE) blinks all the LED outputs and can be used to externally PWM the outputs, which is useful when multiple devices need to be dimmed or blinked together without using software control.

Software programmable LED Group and three Sub Call I²C-bus addresses allow all or defined groups of PCU9654 devices to respond to a common I²C-bus address, allowing for example, all red LEDs to be turned on or off at the same time, thus minimizing I²C-bus commands. Six hardware address pins allow up to 64 devices on the same bus.

The Software Reset (SWRST) Call allows the controller to perform a reset of the PCU9654 through the I²C-bus, identical to the Power-On Reset (POR) that initializes the registers to their default state causing the outputs to be set HIGH (LED off). This allows an easy and quick way to reconfigure all device registers to the same condition.