MC14499MOTOROLA
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CIRCUIT OPERATION
The circuit accepts a 20–bit input, 16 bits for the four–digit
display plus 4 bits for the decimal point — these latter four
bits are optional.
The input sequence is the decimal point code followed by
the four digits, as shown in Figure 1.
In order to enter data the enable input, ENB
, must be active low. The sample and shift are accomplished on the falling clock edge, see Figure 2. Data are loaded from the shift
register to the latches when ENB
goes high. While the shift
register is being loaded, the previous data are stored in the
latches.
If the decimal point is used, the system requires 20 clock
pulses to load data; otherwise only 16 are required.
CASCADING
The circuit may be cascaded in the following manner.
If a 1111 word is loaded into the decimal point latch, the
output of the shift register is switched to the decimal point
driver, see Figure 3. Therefore, to cascade n four–digit display drivers, a set–up is used which loads the 1111 cascading word:
1. ENB
= active low.
2. Load 20 bits, the first four bits being 1, with 20 clock
pulses.
3. ENB
= high, to load the latch.
4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 (n – 1) times.
5. (n x 20) bits can be loaded into n circuits, with 1111 as
decimal point word to continue the cascading.
SCANNER
The scanner frequency is determined by an on–chip oscillator, which requires an external frequency–determining capacitor. The capacitor v oltage varies between two trigger
levels at the oscillator frequency.
An external oscillator signal can be used, within the recommended operating range of 200 to 800 Hz. For test purposes
this frequency may be increased up to 10 kHz.
A divide by four counter provides four non–overlapping
scanner waveforms corresponding to the four digits — see
Figure 4.
SEGMENT DECODER
The code used in these matrix decoders is shown in Figure 5.
OUTPUT DRIVERS
There are two different drivers:
• The segment and decimal point drivers; these are NPN
emitter followers with no current limiting devices.
• The digit output buffers; these are short–circuit protected
CMOS devices.
A typical application circuit is shown in Figure 6.
Figure 1. Input Sequence
18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 41920 3 2 1
TIME
SHIFT
BIT NO.
DIGIT IV DIGIT III DIGIT II DIGIT I DECIMAL POINT
MSB
LSB
MSB
LSB
MSB
DIGIT IV
DIGIT III
DIGIT II
DIGIT I
MSB
LSB
LSB