NXP Semiconductors
PCA8538
Automotive 102 x 9 Chip-On-Glass LCD segment driver
26. Tables
Table 1. Ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Table 2. Ordering options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Table 3. Marking codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Table 4. Pin description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Table 5. Commands of PCA8538 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Table 6. Initialize command bit description . . . . . . . . . .10
Table 7. OTP-refresh - OTP-refresh command bit
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Table 8. Device-address - device address command bit
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Table 9. SYNC1_pin - SYNC1 pin configuration command
bit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table 10. Clock-out-ctrl - CLK pin input/output switch
command bit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table 11. Read-select - status read select command
bit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Table 12. Status-readout - status and temperature read
command bit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Table 13. Clear-reset-flag - Clear-reset-flag command
bit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Table 14. Charge-pump-ctrl - charge pump control
command bit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Table 15. Set-VLCD - Set-VLCD command bit description .14
Table 16. Set-bias-mode - set bias mode command bit
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Table 17. Temperature-ctrl - temperature measurement
control command bit description . . . . . . . . . . .15
Table 18. TC-set - VLCD temperature compensation set
command bit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Table 19. TC-slope - VLCD temperature compensation slope
command bit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Table 20. Set-MUX-mode - set multiplex drive mode
command bit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Table 21. Inversion-mode - inversion mode command bit
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Table 22. Display-ctrl - display on and off switch command
bit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Table 23. Frame-frequency - frame frequency select
command bit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Table 24. Clock and frame frequency values . . . . . . . . .20
Table 25. Write-display-data - write display data command
bit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Table 26. Input-bank-select - input bank select command bit
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Table 27. Output-bank-select - output bank select command
bit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Table 28. Data-pointer-X and Data-pointer-Y - set data
pointer command bit description . . . . . . . . . . .23
Table 29. Reset state of PCA8538 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Table 30. Selection of possible display configurations . . .30
Table 31. Parameters of VLCD generation . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Table 32. Output resistance of the charge pump . . . . . . .35
Table 33. Temperature regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Table 34. Temperature coefficients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Table 35. Calculation of the temperature compensated
value VT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Table 36. LCD drive modes: summary of characteristics 42
Table 37. Mapping of output pins and corresponding output
signals with respect to the multiplex driving
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 38. Layout topology of output pins and corresponding
output signals with respect to the multiplex driving
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 39. Bit scheme used to illustrate the RAM filling
patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Table 40. RAM filling in static drive mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Table 41. RAM filling in 1:2 multiplex drive mode . . . . . . 57
Table 42. RAM filling in 1:4 multiplex drive mode . . . . . . 57
Table 43. RAM filling in 1:6 multiplex drive mode . . . . . . 58
Table 44. RAM filling in 1:8 multiplex drive mode . . . . . . 58
Table 45. RAM filling in 1:9 multiplex drive mode . . . . . . 59
Table 46. Control byte description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Table 47. I2C slave address byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Table 48. R/W-bit description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Table 49. Serial interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Table 50. Subaddress byte definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Table 51. Limiting values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Table 52. Static characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Table 53. General dynamic characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Table 54. I2C-bus timing characteristic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Table 55. SPI-bus timing characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Table 56. Addressing cascaded PCA8538 . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Table 57. Dimensions of PCA8538U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Table 58. Bump locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Table 59. Alignment marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Table 60. Gold bump hardness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Table 61. Description of tray details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Table 62. Selection of LCD segment drivers . . . . . . . . . 97
Table 63. Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Table 64. Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
PCA8538
Product data sheet
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Rev. 4 — 26 September 2014
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