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PCF8576D_9

Product data sheet

Rev. 09 — 25 August 2009

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NXP Semiconductors

PCF8576D

Universal LCD driver for low multiplex rates

In the 1:2 multiplex drive mode, BP0 and BP2, BP1 and BP3 all carry the same signals

and may also be paired to increase the drive capabilities.

In the static drive mode the same signal is carried by all four backplane outputs and they

can be connected in parallel for very high drive requirements.

7.10 Display RAM

The display RAM is a static 40

× 4-bit RAM which stores LCD data. A logic 1 in the RAM

bit-map indicates the on-state of the corresponding LCD element; similarly, a logic 0

indicates the off-state. There is a one-to-one correspondence between the RAM

addresses and the segment outputs, and between the individual bits of a RAM word and

the backplane outputs. The display RAM bit map Figure 11 shows the rows 0 to 3 which

correspond with the backplane outputs BP0 to BP3, and the columns 0 to 39 which

correspond with the segment outputs S0 to S39. In multiplexed LCD applications the

segment data of the ﬁrst, second, third and fourth row of the display RAM are

time-multiplexed with BP0, BP1, BP2 and BP3 respectively.

When display data is transmitted to the PCF8576D, the display bytes received are stored

in the display RAM in accordance with the selected LCD drive mode. The data is stored as

it arrives and does not wait for an acknowledge cycle as with the commands. Depending

on the current multiplex drive mode, data is stored singularly, in pairs, triplets or

quadruplets. To illustrate the ﬁlling order, an example of a 7-segment numeric display

showing all drive modes is given in Figure 12; the RAM ﬁlling organization depicted

applies equally to other LCD types.

Display RAM bit map showing direct relationship between RAM addresses and segment outputs;

also between bits in a RAM word and the backplane outputs.

Fig 11. Display RAM bit map

1234

display RAM addresses (columns)/segment outputs (S)

display RAM bits

(rows)/

backplane outputs

(BP)

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