The MAX7314 I2C-compatible serial interfaced peripheral provides microprocessors with 16 I/O ports plus one
output-only port and one input-only port. Each I/O port
can be individually configured as either an open-drain
current-sinking output rated at 50mA and 5.5V, or a logic
input with transition detection. The output-only port can
be assigned as an interrupt output for transition detection. The outputs are capable of driving LEDs, or providing logic outputs with external resistive pullup up to 5.5V.
Eight-bit PWM current control is built in for all 17 output
ports. A 4-bit global control applies to all LED outputs
and provides coarse adjustment of current from fully off
to fully on with 14 intensity steps in between. Each output has an individual 4-bit control, which further divides
the globally set current into 16 more steps.
Alternatively, the current control can be configured as a
single 8-bit control that sets all outputs at once.
Each output has independent blink timing with two blink
phases. All LEDs can be individually set to be on or off
during either blink phase, or to ignore the blink control.
The blink period is controlled by a clock input (up to 1kHz)
on BLINK or by a register. The BLINK input can also be
used as a logic control to turn the LEDs on and off, or as a
general-purpose input.
The MAX7314 supports hot insertion. All port pins, the
INT output, SDA, SCL, RST, BLINK, and the slave
address input ADO remain high impedance in powerdown (V+ = 0V) with up to 6V asserted upon them.
The MAX7314 is controlled through a 2-wire serial interface, and uses four-level logic to allow four I
addresses from only one select pin.
2
♦ 400kbps, 2-Wire Serial Interface, 5.5V Tolerant
♦ 2V to 3.6V Operation
♦ Overall 8-Bit PWM LED Intensity Control
Global 16-Step Intensity Control
Individual 16-Step Intensity Controls
♦ 2-Phase LED Blinking
♦ 50mA Maximum Port Output Current
♦ Supports Hot Insertion
♦ Outputs are 5.5V-Rated Open Drain
♦ Inputs are Overvoltage Protected to 5.5V
♦ Transition Detection with Interrupt Output
♦ 1.2µA (typ), 3.6µA (max) Operating Current
♦ Small 4mm x 4mm, Thin QFN Package
♦ -40°C to +125°C Temperature Range
Ordering Information
PARTTEMP RANGE
MAX7314ATG-40°C to +125°C
MAX7314AEG-40°C to +125°C 24 QSOP—
PINPACKAGE
24 Thin QFN
4mm x 4mm
x 0.8mm
Typical Application Circuit
C
5V
Features
PKG
CODE
T2444-4
MAX7314
Applications
LCD Backlights
LED Status Indication
Relay Drivers
Keypad Backlights
RGB LED Drivers
System I/O Ports
Pin Configurations continued at end of data sheet.
Stresses beyond those listed under “Absolute Maximum Ratings” may cause permanent damage to the device. These are stress ratings only, and functional
operation of the device at these or any other conditions beyond those indicated in the operational sections of the specifications is not implied. Exposure to
absolute maximum rating conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability.
Voltage (with respect to GND)
V+ .............................................................................-0.3V to +4V
SCL, SDA, AD0, BLINK, RST, P0–P15 .....................-0.3V to +6V
INT/O16 ...................................................................-0.3V to +8V
DC Current on P0–P15, INT/O16 ........................................55mA
DC Current on SDA.............................................................10mA
Maximum GND Current ....................................................350mA
Continuous Power Dissipation (T
A
= +70°C)
24-Pin QSOP (derate 9.5mW/°C over +70°C)..............761mW
24-Pin QFN (derate 20.8mW/°C over +70°C) ............1666mW
Operating Temperature Range
(T
MIN
to T
MAX
) .............................................-40°C to +125°C
(Typical Operating Circuit, V+ = 2V to 3.6V, TA= T
MIN
to T
MAX
, unless otherwise noted. Typical values are at V+ = 3.3V, TA = +25°C.)
(Note 1)
Note 1: All parameters tested at TA= +25°C. Specifications over temperature are guaranteed by design.
Note 2: A master device must provide a hold time of at least 300ns for the SDA signal (referred to V
IL
of the SCL signal) to bridge
the undefined region of SCL’s falling edge.
Note 3: Guaranteed by design.
Note 4: C
b
= total capacitance of one bus line in pF. tRand tFmeasured between 0.3 x VDDand 0.7 x VDD.
Note 5: I
SINK
≤ 6mA. Cb= total capacitance of one bus line in pF. tRand tFmeasured between 0.3 x VDDand 0.7 x VDD.
Note 6: Input filters on the SDA and SCL inputs suppress noise spikes less than 50ns.
The MAX7314 is a general-purpose input/output (GPIO)
peripheral that provides 16 I/O ports, P0–P15, controlled through an I2C-compatible serial interface. A
17th output-only port, INT/O16, can be configured as
an interrupt output or as a general-purpose output port.
All output ports sink loads up to 50mA connected to
external supplies up to 5.5V, independent of the
MAX7314’s supply voltage. The MAX7314 is rated for a
ground current of 350mA, allowing all 17 outputs to sink
20mA at the same time. Figure 1 shows the output
structure of the MAX7314. The ports default to inputs on
power-up.
18-Port GPIO with LED Intensity Control,
Interrupt, and Hot-Insertion Protection
4–11, 13–201–8, 10–17P0–P15Input/Output Ports. P0–P15 are open-drain I/Os rated at 5.5V, 50mA.
129GNDGround. Do not sink more than 350mA into the GND pin.
2118BLINKInput Port Configurable as Blink Control or General-Purpose Input
2219SCLI2C-Compatible Serial Clock Input
2320SDAI2C-Compatible Serial Data I/O
2421V+
—PADExposed Pad Exposed Pad on Package Underside. Connect to GND.
DATA FROM
SHIFT REGISTER
DATA FROM
SHIFT REGISTER
WRITE
CONFIGURATION
PULSE
WRITE PULSE
NAMEFUNCTION
Output Port. Open-drain output rated at 7V, 50mA. Configurable as interrupt
output or general-purpose output.
Reset Input. Active low clears the 2-wire interface and puts the device in the
same condition as power-up reset.
Address Input. Sets device slave address. Connect to either GND, V+, SCL,
or SDA to give four logic combinations. See Table 1.
Positive Supply Voltage. Bypass V+ to GND with a 0.047µF ceramic
capacitor.
CONFIGURATION
REGISTER
D
Q
FF
C
Q
K
OUTPUT
PORT
REGISTER
D
FF
C
K
Q
Q
OUTPUT PORT
REGISTER DATA
I/O PIN
Q2
READ PULSE
INPUT PORT
REGISTER
D
Q
FF
C
Q
K
GND
INPUT PORT
REGISTER DATA
TO INT
Port Inputs and Transition Detection
Input ports registers reflect the incoming logic levels of
the port pins, regardless of whether the pin is defined
as an input or an output. Reading an input ports register latches the current-input logic level of the affected
eight ports. Transition detection allows all ports configured as inputs to be monitored for changes in their
logic status. The action of reading an input ports register samples the corresponding 8 port bits’ input condition. This sample is continuously compared with the
actual input conditions. A detected change in input
condition causes the INT/O16 interrupt output to go
low, if configured as an interrupt output. The interrupt is
cleared either automatically if the changed input
returns to its original state, or when the appropriate
input ports register is read.
The INT/O16 pin can be configured as either an interrupt output or as a 17th output port with the same static
or blink controls as the other 16 ports (Table 4).
Port Output Control and LED Blinking
The two blink phase 0 registers set the output logic levels of the 16 ports P0–P15 (Table 8). These registers
control the port outputs if the blink function is disabled.
A duplicate pair of registers, the blink phase 1 registers,
are also used if the blink function is enabled (Table 9).
In blink mode, the port outputs can be flipped between
using the blink phase 0 registers and the blink phase 1
registers using hardware control (the BLINK input)
and/or software control (the blink flip flag in the configuration register) (Table 4). The logic level of the BLINK
input can be read back through the blink status bit in
the configuration register (Table 4). The BLINK input,
therefore, can be used as a general-purpose logic input
(GPI port) if the blink function is not required.
PWM Intensity Control
The MAX7314 includes an internal oscillator, nominally
32kHz, to generate PWM timing for LED intensity control.
PWM intensity control can be enabled on an output-byoutput basis, allowing the MAX7314 to provide any mix
of PWM LED drives and glitch-free logic outputs (Table
10). PWM can be disabled entirely, in which case all output ports are static and the MAX7314 operating current
is lowest because the internal oscillator is turned off.
PWM intensity control uses a 4-bit master control and 4
bits of individual control per output (Tables 13, 14). The
4-bit master control provides 16 levels of overall intensity control, which applies to all PWM-enabled output
ports. The master control sets the maximum pulse
width from 1/15 to 15/15 of the PWM time period. The
individual settings comprise a 4-bit number, further
reducing the duty cycle to be from 1/16 to 15/16 of the
time window set by the master control.
For applications requiring the same PWM setting for all
output ports, a single global PWM control can be used
instead of all the individual controls to simplify the control software and provide 240 steps of intensity control
(Tables 10 and 13).
Standby Mode
When the serial interface is idle and the PWM intensity
control is unused, the MAX7314 automatically enters
standby mode. If the PWM intensity control is used, the
operating current is slightly higher because the internal
PWM oscillator is running. When the serial interface is
active, the operating current also increases because
the MAX7314, like all I2C slaves, has to monitor every
transmission.
The MAX7314 operates as a slave that sends and
receives data through an I
2
C-compatible 2-wire interface. The interface uses a serial data line (SDA) and a
serial clock line (SCL) to achieve bidirectional communication between master(s) and slave(s). A master (typically a microcontroller) initiates all data transfers to and
from the MAX7314 and generates the SCL clock that
synchronizes the data transfer (Figure 2).
The MAX7314 SDA line operates as both an input and
an open-drain output. A pullup resistor, typically 4.7kΩ,
is required on the SDA. The MAX7314 SCL line operates only as an input. A pullup resistor, typically 4.7kΩ,
is required on SCL if there are multiple masters on the
2-wire interface, or if the master in a single-master system has an open-drain SCL output.
Each transmission consists of a START condition
(Figure 3) sent by a master, followed by the MAX7314
7-bit slave address plus R/W bit, a register address
byte, one or more data bytes, and finally a STOP condition (Figure 3).
Start and Stop Conditions
Both SCL and SDA remain high when the interface is
not busy. A master signals the beginning of a transmission with a START (S) condition by transitioning SDA
from high to low while SCL is high. When the master
has finished communicating with the slave, it issues a
STOP (P) condition by transitioning SDA from low to
high while SCL is high. The bus is then free for another
transmission (Figure 3).
Bit Transfer
One data bit is transferred during each clock pulse.
The data on SDA must remain stable while SCL is high
(Figure 4).
Acknowledge
The acknowledge bit is a clocked 9th bit that the recipient uses to handshake receipt of each byte of data
(Figure 5). Thus, each byte transferred effectively
requires 9 bits. The master generates the 9th clock
pulse, and the recipient pulls down SDA during the
acknowledge clock pulse so the SDA line is stable low
during the high period of the clock pulse. When the
master is transmitting to the MAX7314, the device generates the acknowledge bit because the MAX7314 is
the recipient. When the MAX7314 is transmitting to the
master, the master generates the acknowledge bit
because the master is the recipient.
Slave Address
The MAX7314 has a 7-bit long slave address (Figure 6).
The eighth bit following the 7-bit slave address is the
R/W bit. The R/W bit is low for a write command, high
for a read command.
18-Port GPIO with LED Intensity Control,
Interrupt, and Hot-Insertion Protection
The second (A5), third (A4), fourth (A3), sixth (A1), and
last (A0) bits of the MAX7314 slave address are always
1, 0, 0, 0, and 0. Slave address bits A6 and A2 are
selected by the address input AD0. AD0 can be connected to GND, V+, SDA, or SCL. The MAX7314 has four
possible slave addresses (Table 1), and therefore a
maximum of four MAX7314 devices can be controlled
independently from the same interface.
Message Format for Writing the MAX7314
A write to the MAX7314 comprises the transmission of
the MAX7314’s slave address with the R/W bit set to
zero, followed by at least 1 byte of information. The first
byte of information is the command byte. The command byte determines which register of the MAX7314
is to be written to by the next byte, if received (Table 2).
If a STOP condition is detected after the command byte
is received, then the MAX7314 takes no further action
beyond storing the command byte.
Any bytes received after the command byte are data
bytes. The first data byte goes into the internal register
of the MAX7314 selected by the command byte (Figure
8). If multiple data bytes are transmitted before a STOP
condition is detected, these bytes are generally stored
in subsequent MAX7314 internal registers because the
command byte address autoincrements (Table 2). A
diagram of a write to the output ports registers (blink
phase 0 registers or blink phase 1 registers) is given in
Figure 10.
The MAX7314 is read using the MAX7314’s internally
stored command byte as an address pointer the same
way the stored command byte is used as an address
pointer for a write. The pointer autoincrements after
each data byte is read using the same rules as for a
write (Table 2). Thus, a read is initiated by first configuring the MAX7314’s command byte by performing a
write (Figure 7). The master can now read n consecutive bytes from the MAX7314 with the first data byte
being read from the register addressed by the initialized command byte. When performing read-after-write
verification, remember to reset the command byte’s
address because the stored command byte address
has been autoincremented after the write (Table 2). A
diagram of a read from the input ports registers is
shown in Figure 10 reflecting the states of the ports.
Operation with Multiple Masters
If the MAX7314 is operated on a 2-wire interface with
multiple masters, a master reading the MAX7314 should
use a repeated start between the write, which sets the
MAX7314’s address pointer, and the read(s) that takes
the data from the location(s) (Table 2). This is because it
is possible for master 2 to take over the bus after master
1 has set up the MAX7314’s address pointer but before
master 1 has read the data. If master 2 subsequently
changes the MAX7314’s address pointer, then master
1’s delayed read can be from an unexpected location.
Command Address Autoincrementing
The command address stored in the MAX7314 circulates around grouped register functions after each data
byte is written or read (Table 2).
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Interrupt, and Hot-Insertion Protection
The reset input RST is an active-low input. When taken
low, RST clears any transaction to or from the MAX7314
on the serial interface and configures the internal registers to the same state as a power-up reset (Table 3),
which resets all ports as inputs. The MAX7314 then
waits for a START condition on the serial interface.
Detailed Description
Initial Power-Up
On power-up, and whenever the RST input is pulled
low, all control registers are reset and the MAX7314
enters standby mode (Table 3). Power-up status makes
all ports into inputs and disables both the PWM oscillator and blink functionality. RST can be used as a hardware shutdown input, which effectively turns off any
LED (or other) loads and puts the device into its lowest
power condition.
Configuration Register
The configuration register is used to configure the PWM
intensity mode, interrupt, and blink behavior, operate
the INT/O16 output, and read back the interrupt status
(Table 4).
Ports Configuration
The 16 I/O ports P0 through P15 can be configured to
any combination of inputs and outputs using the ports
configuration registers (Table 5). The INT/O16 output
can also be configured as an extra general-purpose
output, and the BLINK input can be configured as an
extra general-purpose input using the configuration
register (Table 4).
Input Ports
The input ports registers are read only (Table 6). They
reflect the incoming logic levels of the ports, regardless of
whether the port is defined as an input or an output by the
ports configuration registers. Reading an input ports register latches the current-input logic level of the affected
eight ports. A write to an input ports register is ignored.
All ports configured as inputs are always monitored for
changes in their logic status. The action of reading an
input ports register or writing to the configuration register samples the corresponding 8 port bits’ input condition (Tables 4, 6). This sample is continuously
compared with the actual input conditions. A detected
change in input condition causes an interrupt condition.
The interrupt is cleared either automatically if the
changed input returns to its original state, or when the
appropriate input ports register is read, updating the
compared data (Figure 10). Randomly changing a port
from an output to an input may cause a false interrupt
to occur if the state of the input does not match the
content of the appropriate input ports register. The
interrupt status is available as the interrupt flag INT in
the configuration register (Table 4).
The input status of all ports is sampled immediately
after power-up as part of the MAX7314’s internal initialization, so if all the ports are pulled to valid logic levels
at that time, an interrupt does not occur at power-up.
INT
/O16 Output
The INT/O16 output pin can be configured as either the
INT output that reflects the interrupt flag logic state or as
a general-purpose output O16. When used as a generalpurpose output, the INT/O16 pin has the same blink and
PWM intensity control capabilities as the other ports.
Set the interrupt enable I bit in the configuration register
to configure INT/O16 as the INT output (Table 4). Clear
interrupt enable to configure INT/O16 as the O16. The
O16 logic state is set by the 2 bits O1 and O0 in the
configuration register. O16 follows the rules for blinking
selected by the blink enable flag E in the configuration
register. If blinking is disabled, then interrupt output
control O0 alone sets the logic state of the INT/O16 pin.
If blinking is enabled, then both interrupt output controls O0 and O1 set the logic state of the INT/O16 pin
according to the blink phase. PWM intensity control for
O16 is set by the 4 global intensity bits in the master
and O16 intensity register (Table 13).
18-Port GPIO with LED Intensity Control,
Interrupt, and Hot-Insertion Protection
Disable global intensity control—intensity
is set by registers 0x10–0x17 for ports P0
through P15 when configured as outputs,
and by D3–D0 of register 0x0E for
INT/O16 when INT/O16 pin is configured
as an output port
XXXXX0XX
Enable global intensity control—intensity
for all ports configured as outputs is set
by D3–D0 of register 0x0E
XXXXX1XX
Disable data change interrupt—INT/O16
output is controlled by the O0 and O1 bits
XXXX0XXX
Enable data change interrupt—INT/O16
output is controlled by port input data
change
XXXX1XXX
INT/O16 output is low (blink is disabled)
XXX00XX0
INT/O16 output is high impedance (blink
is disabled)
XXX10XX0
INT/O16 outp ut i s l ow d ur i ng b l i nk p hase 0
XXX00XX1
INT/O16 output is high impedance during
blink phase 0
XXX10XX1
INT/O16 outp ut i s l ow d ur i ng b l i nk p hase 1
XX0X0XX1
INT/O16 output is high impedance during
blink phase 1
XX1X0XX1
X = Don’t care.
0
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
INTBLINKO1
—
—
—
MAX7314
Blink Mode
In blink mode, the output ports can be flipped between
using either the blink phase 0 registers or the blink
phase 1 registers. Flip control is both hardware (the
BLINK input) and software control (the blink flip flag B
in the configuration register) (Table 4).
The blink function can be used for LED effects by programming different display patterns in the two sets of
output port registers, and using the software or hardware controls to flip between the patterns.
If the blink phase 1 registers are written with 0xFF, then
the BLINK input can be used as a hardware disable to,
for example, instantly turn off an LED pattern programmed into the blink phase 0 registers. This technique can be further extended by driving the BLINK
input with a PWM signal to modulate the LED current to
provide fading effects.
The blink mode is enabled by setting the blink enable flag
E in the configuration register (Table 4). When blink mode
is enabled, the states of the blink flip flag and the BLINK
input are EXOR’ed to set the phase, and the output ports
are set by either the blink phase 0 registers or the blink
phase 1 registers (Figure 11) (Table 7).
The blink mode is disabled by clearing the blink enable
flag E in the configuration register (Table 4). When blink
mode is disabled, the state of the blink flip flag is
ignored, and the blink phase 0 registers alone control
the output ports.
Blink Phase Registers
When the blink function is disabled, the two blink phase
0 registers set the logic levels of the 16 ports (P0
through P15) when configured as outputs (Table 8). A
duplicate pair of registers called the blink phase 1 registers are also used if the blink function is enabled (Table
9). A logic high sets the appropriate output port high
impedance, while a logic low makes the port go low.
18-Port GPIO with LED Intensity Control,
Interrupt, and Hot-Insertion Protection
outp ut i s l ow w hen i nter r up t enab l e ( I b i t) i s set
0x0F
1XXXXXXX
X = Don’t care.
Figure 11. Blink Logic
0
1
1
1
1
INTBLINKO1O0
1
BLINK ENABLE FLAG E
BLINK FLIP FLAG B
BLINK INPUT
BLINK PHASE REGISTERS
Reading a blink phase register reads the value stored
in the register, not the actual port condition. The port
output itself may or may not be at a valid logic level,
depending on the external load connected.
The 17th output, O16, is controlled through 2 bits in the
configuration register, which provide the same static or
blink control as the other 16 output ports.
PWM Intensity Control
The MAX7314 includes an internal oscillator, nominally
32kHz, to generate PWM timing for LED intensity control or other applications such as PWM trim DACs.
PWM can be disabled entirely for all the outputs. In this
case, all outputs are static and the MAX7314 operating
current is lowest because the internal PWM oscillator is
turned off.
The MAX7314 can be configured to provide any combination of PWM outputs and glitch-free logic outputs.
Each PWM output has an individual 4-bit intensity control (Table 14). When all outputs are to be used with the
same PWM setting, the outputs can be controlled
together instead using the global intensity control
(Table 13). Table 10 shows how to set up the MAX7314
to suit a particular application.
PWM Timing
The PWM control uses a 240-step PWM period, divided
into 15 master intensity timeslots. Each master intensity
timeslot is divided further into 16 PWM cycles (Figure 12).
The master intensity operates as a gate, allowing the individual output settings to be enabled from 1 to 15 timeslots
per PWM period (Figures 13, 14, 15) (Table 13).
Each output’s individual 4-bit intensity control only
operates during the number of timeslots gated by the
master intensity. The individual controls provide 16
intensity settings from 1/16 through 16/16 (Table 14).
Figures 16, 17, and 18 show examples of individual
intensity control settings. The highest value an individual or global setting can be set to is 16/16. This setting
forces the output to ignore the master control, and follow the logic level set by the appropriate blink phase
register bit. The output becomes a glitch-free static output with no PWM.
Using PWM Intensity Controls with Blink Disabled
When blink is disabled (Table 7), the blink phase 0 registers specify each output’s logic level during the PWM
on-time (Table 8). The effect of setting an output’s blink
phase 0 register bit to zero or 1 is shown in Table 11.
With its output bit set to zero, an LED can be controlled
with 16 intensity settings from 1/16th duty through fully
on, but cannot be turned fully off using the PWM intensity control. With its output bit set to 1, an LED can be
controlled with 16 intensity settings from fully off
through 15/16th duty.
Using PWM Intensity Controls with Blink Enabled
When blink is enabled (Table 7), the blink phase 0 registers and blink phase 1 registers specify each output’s
logic level during the PWM on-time during the respective
blink phases (Tables 8 and 9). The effect of setting an
output’s blink phase x register bit to zero or 1 is shown in
Table 12. LEDs can be flipped between either directly on
and off, or between a variety of high/low PWM intensities.
Global/O16 Intensity Control
The 4 bits used for output O16’s PWM individual intensity setting also double as the global intensity control
(Table 13). Global intensity simplifies the PWM settings
when the application requires them all to be the same,
such as for backlight applications, by replacing the 17
individual settings with 1 setting. Global intensity is
enabled with the global intensity flag G in the configuration register (Table 4). When global PWM control is
used, the 4 bits of master intensity and 4 bits of global
intensity effectively combine to provide an 8-bit, 240step intensity control applying to all outputs.
It is not possible to apply global PWM control to a subset of the ports, and use the others as logic outputs. To
mix static logic outputs and PWM outputs, individual
PWM control must be selected (Table 10).
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Interrupt, and Hot-Insertion Protection
Set the master, O16 intensity register 0x0E to any value 0x00 to 0xOF.
All outputs static without PWM
The global intensity G bit in the configuration register is don't care.
The output intensity registers 0x10 through 0x17 are don't care.
Set the master and global intensity register 0x0E to any value from 0x10 to 0xFF.
A mix of static and PWM outputs, with PWM
outputs using different PWM settings
Clear global intensity G bit to zero in the configuration register to disable global
intensity control.
For the static outputs, set the output intensity value to 0xF.
For the PWM outputs, set the output intensity value in the 0x0 to 0xE range.
A mix of static and PWM outputs, with PWM
outputs all using the same PWM setting
As above. Global intensity control cannot be used with a mix of static and PWM
outputs, so write the individual intensity registers with the same PWM value.
Set the master, O16 intensity register 0x0E to any value from 0x10 to 0xFF.
All outputs PWM using the same PWM
setting
Set global intensity G bit to 1 in the configuration register to enable global intensity
control.
The master, O16 intensity register 0x0E is the only intensity register used.
The output intensity registers 0x10 through 0x17 are don't care.
ONE PWM PERIOD IS 240 CYCLES OF THE 32kHz PWM
OSCILLATOR. A PWM PERIOD CONTAINS 15 MASTER
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 15 1 2
INTENSITY TIMESLOTS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 1 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 15 2 1
.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 15 2 1
EACH MASTER INTENSITY
TIMESLOT CONTAINS 16
PWM CYCLES
.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 15 2 1
.
.
.
MAX7314
18-Port GPIO with LED Intensity Control,
Interrupt, and Hot-Insertion Protection
I/O ports P0–P15, interrupt output INT/O16, RST input,
BLINK input, and serial interface SDA, SCL, AD0 remain
high impedance with up to 6V asserted on them when
the MAX7314 is powered down (V+ = 0V). The MAX7314
can therefore be used in hot-swap applications.
Output Level Translation
The open-drain output architecture allows the ports to
level translate the outputs to higher or lower voltages
than the MAX7314 supply. An external pullup resistor
can be used on any output to convert the high-impedance logic-high condition to a positive voltage level.
The resistor can be connected to any voltage up to
5.5V. For interfacing CMOS inputs, a pullup resistor
value of 220kΩ is a good starting point. Use a lower
resistance to improve noise immunity, in applications
where power consumption is less critical, or where a
faster rise time is needed for a given capacitive load.
Driving LED Loads
When driving LEDs, a resistor in series with the LED
must be used to limit the LED current to no more than
50mA. Choose the resistor value according to the following formula:
R
LED
= (V
SUPPLY
- V
LED
- VOL) / I
LED
where:
R
LED
is the resistance of the resistor in series with the
LED (Ω).
V
SUPPLY
is the supply voltage used to drive the LED (V).
V
LED
is the forward voltage of the LED (V).
VOLis the output low voltage of the MAX7314 when
sinking I
LED
(V).
I
LED
is the desired operating current of the LED (A).
For example, to operate a 2.2V red LED at 14mA from a
5V supply, R
The MAX7314 can be used to drive loads drawing more
than 50mA, like relays and high-current white LEDs, by
paralleling outputs. Use at least one output per 50mA of
load current; for example, a 5V 330mW relay draws
66mA and needs two paralleled outputs to drive it.
Ensure that the paralleled outputs chosen are controlled
by the same blink phase register, i.e., select outputs
from the P0 through P7 range, or the P8 through P15
range. This way, the paralleled outputs are turned on
and off together. Do not use output O16 as part of a
load-sharing design. O16 cannot be switched at the
same time as any of the other outputs because it is controlled by a different register.
The MAX7314 must be protected from the negative
voltage transient generated when switching off inductive loads, such as relays, by connecting a reversebiased diode across the inductive load (Figure 19). The
peak current through the diode is the inductive load’s
operating current.
Power-Supply Considerations
The MAX7314 operates with a power-supply voltage of
2V to 3.6V. Bypass the power supply to GND with at
least 0.047µF as close to the device as possible. For
the QFN version, connect the underside exposed pad
to GND.
18-Port GPIO with LED Intensity Control,
Interrupt, and Hot-Insertion Protection
(The package drawing(s) in this data sheet may not reflect the most current specifications. For the latest package outline information,
go to www.maxim-ic.com/packages
.)
MAX7314
18-Port GPIO with LED Intensity Control,
Interrupt, and Hot-Insertion Protection
Maxim cannot assume responsibility for use of any circuitry other than circuitry entirely embodied in a Maxim product. No circuit patent licenses are
implied. Maxim reserves the right to change the circuitry and specifications without notice at any time.
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(The package drawing(s) in this data sheet may not reflect the most current specifications. For the latest package outline information,
go to www.maxim-ic.com/packages
.)
24L QFN THIN.EPS
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