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The Microcontroller Idea Book - Jan Axelson's Lakeview Research

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Displays<br />

Figure 8-5. <strong>The</strong> ICM7218D can control up to eight 7-segment LEDs.<br />

turns on each of the digits in sequence. This means that each of the displays is on just 1/8<br />

of the time.<br />

<strong>The</strong> 7218D drives each segment at 20 milliamperes peak current, for an average current of<br />

just 2.5 milliamperes. <strong>The</strong> chip takes advantage of the fact that LEDs can withstand relatively<br />

high pulsed currents, and that a pulsed LED actually appears brighter than a constantlydriven<br />

LED with the same average current. Twenty milliamperes is well within the allowed<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Microcontroller</strong> <strong>Idea</strong> <strong>Book</strong> 133

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