PCF8576C

· Single-chip LCD controller/driver
· Selectable backplane drive configuration: static or 2/3/4 backplane multiplexing
· Selectable display bias configuration: static, 1/2 or 1/3
· Internal LCD bias generation with voltage-follower buffers
· 40 segment drives: up to twenty 8-segment numeric characters; up to ten 15-segment alphanumeric characters; or any graphics of up to 160 elements
· 40 ´ 4-bit RAM for display data storage
· Auto-incremented display data loading across device subaddress boundaries
· Display memory bank switching in static and duplex drive modes
· Versatile blinking modes
· LCD and logic supplies may be separated
· Wide power supply range: from 2 V for low-threshold LCDs and up to 6 V for guest-host LCDs and high-threshold (automobile) twisted nematic LCDs. A 9 V version is also available on request.
· Low power consumption
· Power-saving mode for extremely low power consumption in battery-operated and telephone applications
· I2C-bus interface
· TTL/CMOS compatible
· Compatible with any 4-bit, 8-bit or 16-bit microprocessors/microcontrollers
· May be cascaded for large LCD applications (up to 2560 segments possible)
· Cascadable with 24-segment LCD driver PCF8566
· Optimized pinning for plane wiring in both and multiple PCF8576C applications
· Space-saving 56-lead plastic very small outline package (VSO56) or 64-lead low profile quad flat package (LQFP64)
· No external components
· Compatible with chip-on-glass technology
· Manufactured in silicon gate CMOS process.