MIC10943

Features:

• 20-character display driver cascadable to 80 characters
• Standard 5 ´ 12 character font
• Separate cursor driver output
• Two 128 ´ 23 PLAs provides segment decoding for full 96-character ASCII set, plus 32 special characters
• Serial or parallel data input for 8-bit display mode controls
• Brightness, refresh rate, and display mode controls
• 40-pin DIP or 44-pin PLCC (MIC10939)
• 28-pin DIP (MIC10942 and MIC10943)


Description

The MIC10939, MIC10942, and MIC10943 Dot Matrix Display Controller is a three-chip MOS/LSI general purpose display controller system designed to interface to dot matrix displays (vacuum fluorescent or LED).

The three-chip set will drive displays with up to 46 anodes (dots) and up to 20 grids (characters) plus a cursor. The MIC10939, MIC10942, and MIC10943 can be cascaded to drive larger displays of up to 80 characters. An internal PLA-type decoder MIC10939, MIC10942, and MIC10943 provides character decoding and dot pattern generation for the full 96-character ASCII set and an additional 32 special characters.