
SN6A297
LCD Controller with Voice/Dual Tone Melody
INTRODUCTION
SN6A297 is a single chip voice/dual tone melody synthesizer IC with 8*40 direct
drive capability which contains two 4-bit I/O ports, one 4-bit output port and a
tiny controller. By programming through the tiny controller, user’s application
including LCD display, section combination, trigger modes, output status,
voice/melody playing and other logic functions and then be easily implemented.
FEATURES
Single power supply 2.4V – 5.1V
Built in a tiny controller
Two 4-bit I/O ports are provided, one 4-bit output ports are provided
272*4 bits RAM for programming usage are provided (page0~15, m8~m15
of page18 and page21)
80*4 bits RAM for LCD display usage are provided
Maximum 108k*10 program ROM is provided
Readable ROM code data
Built in direct 8*40 LCD driver
LCD 1/4 bias; 1/4 duty
Built in a high quality speech synthesizer
Adaptive playing speed from 2.5k-40kHz is provided
Built in a dual tone melody generator
Speech/Dual tone melody mixer is provided which SN6A297 can play
speech and dual tone melody simultaneously
Fixed current D/A output is provided to drive external connected transistor
for sound output
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PIN ASSIGNMENT
SN6A297
LCD Controller with Voice/Dual Tone Melody
Symbol
SEG1-SEG40
COM8-COM1
GND
P23-P20
P33-P30
P43-P40
VO
RESET
OSC
TEST
XIN,XOUT
V
DD
VLCDR
I/O Function Description
O Segment 1~40 for LCD driver.
O
I/O Bit 3 to bit 0 of IO port 2.
I/O Bit 3 to bit 0 of IO port 3.
O
O
Com8-Com1 for 8*40 LCD driver.
I
Negative power supply.
Bit 3 to bit 0 of IO port 4.
D/A current output.
I
Reset pin with internal pull low.
I
Oscillation component connection pin.
I
For testing only.
32768 Hz Crystal connection pins.
I
Positive power supply.
LCD voltage adjusting pin.
VLC1, VLC2,
VLC3, VLC4
LCD voltage bias connection pins.
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LCD Controller with Voice/Dual Tone Melody
ABSOLUTELY MAXIMUM RATING
Items Symbol Min Max Unit.
Supply Voltage VDD-V -0.3 6.0 V
SN6A297
Input Voltage V
Operating Temperature T
Storage Temperature T
IN
OP
STG
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC
Item Sym. Min. Typ. Max. Unit Condition
Operating
Voltage
Standby current 1 I
Standby current 2 I
Operating
current
Input current of
,P2,P3
Drive current
of P2,P3,P4,P5
large Sink current
of P2,P3,P4
Small Sink current
of P2,P3,P4
D/A output current I
Oscillation
resistor
Oscillation Freq. F
V
SBY1
SBY2
I
OPR
I
I
I
OS1
I
OS2
2.4 3.0 5.1 V
DD
--1.0uAVDD=3V,both system clk
-2050uAVDD=3V, system clk is off,
- 350 500
IH
OD
- 3.0 10.0
-1.5 -2 -
2.0 3 -
-0.4-uAVDD=3V,VO=0.4V
2.0 3.0 4.0
VO
R - 330K -
OSC
-1.0-MHZVDD=3V
VSS-0.3 VDD+0.3 V
-20.0 70.0
-55.0 125.0
o
o
and 32768 Hz clk are off
32768 Hz clk is on for LCD
display and timer.
AVDD=3V, no load
u
AVDD=3V,VIN=3V
u
AVDD=3V,VO=2.6V
m
AVDD=3V,VO=0.4V
m
AVDD=3V,VO=0.7V
m
VDD=3V
Ω
C
C
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BONDING PAD
SN6A297
LCD Controller with Voice/Dual Tone Melody
SN6A297
Note: The substrate MUST be connected to Vss in PCB layout.
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APPLICATION CIRCUIT
SN6A297
LCD Controller with Voice/Dual Tone Melody
Note:
1. LCD driving capacity: 1/4 duty, 1/4 bias
2. R1~R4 is the bias resisters.
3. R5 is by-pass resister, from 680KΩ~1KΩ.
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SN6A297
LCD Controller with Voice/Dual Tone Melody
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