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The first driver is presumed to be set to address 1010000x, with the addresses of subsequent devices increasing to 1011111x for the last device. In I☬ mode, the software controls up to 16 MAX6953 drivers. The 'Test Stream' facility transmits the no-op instruction continuously to the MAX6952(s) (as set by the 'Number of Drivers' slider) allowing the interface connections to be verified without affecting register contents. The SPI interface connection to the parallel port can be tested with the 'Test Stream' facility which can be found under 'Port Connections and Help.' when the program is running. This allows the user to quickly send the same data to a series of MAX6952 drivers. When 'Enable auto-increment' is checked, the current driver number is automatically incremented after each write action.

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When 'Enable global driver write' is checked, all the MAX6952 drivers are written to with the same data. When 'Enable global driver write' is clear, only the MAX6952 driver selected by the 'Current Driver' slider is written to when a write command is selected, the others receive the no-op instruction. When this is set to more than 1, the 'Enable global driver write' and 'Enable auto-increment' check boxes are available. The total number of MAX6952 devices is set by the 'Number of Drivers' slider. the DOUT pin of the first MAX6952 connects to the DIN pin of the second MAX6952, whose DOUT pin connects to the DIN pin of the third MAX6952 (and so on). The drivers are presumed to be cascaded, i.e. In SPI mode, the software controls up to 16 MAX6952 drivers. The 'Driver type' radio buttons select whether the software will transmit to MAX6952 (using the SPI connection) or the MAX6953 (using the I☬ connection). The register defaults mirror the register power-up conditions of the MAX6952 and MAX6953. The program display on start up is shown in Figure 2 below. MAX6952 or MAX6953 connections to the parallel port. The port connections are shown in Figure 1.įigure 1. The port can be a standard, ECP, or EPP type.

You may select either LPT1 or LPT2 port from the software. You may operate multiple (up to 16, daisy-chained) MAX6952s and/or multiple (up to 16, configured with different I☬ addresses) MAX6953s at once. A parallel port control input line is additionally used to read back blink status.

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This utility uses 3 of the 8 parallel port printer output lines to simulate SPI serial interface activity, and another 2 output lines to simulate I☬ serial interface activity. Connecting a MAX6952 or MAX6953 to the Parallel Port The source code for this application note is available Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME users can also use this installation procedure if they wish. PORT95NT.EXE can be deleted after installation.

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PORT95NT.EXE is the install program for the DriverLINX drivers which installs and registers the DLPortIO.DLL library and DLPortIO.SYS driver. The default download directory is C:MAX6952.

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This is a WinZIP self-extracting archive that contains ReadMe.txt, ReadMeSST.txt, MAX6952.EXE, PORT95NT.EXE, and MSVBVM50.DLL. To install to a Windows NT or 2000 platform, download the MAX6952-NT.EXE file. MSVBVM50.DLL may be deleted if the library is already registered on the computer. This is a WinZIP self-extracting archive that contains ReadMe.txt, ReadMeSST.txt, MAX6952.EXE, DLPortIO.DLL, and MSVBVM50.DLL. To install to a Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME platform, download the MAX6952-95.EXE file. Both of these drivers are copyright Scientific Software Tools, Inc. Windows NT and 2000 users also require the DLPortIO.SYS kernel mode driver. The program uses the DriverLINX™ freeware parallel port driver DLPortIO.DLL which provides the Win32 DLL hardware I/O functions not available as standard in Visual Basic. The utility is a Visual Basic 5 program called MAX6952.EXE which requires the standard Visual Basic run time library MSVBVM50.DLL in order to run at all. More usefully, it can be used to 'prove' a display board prototype by directly controlling the MAX6952 or MAX6953 registers before the equipment's software is designed.Ī PC running Windows® 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT, or 2000 with a parallel printer port configured for either LPT1 or LPT2. The utility can be used standalone simply to help an engineer familiarize himself or herself with the registers and functions of the drivers. This application note describes a utility program which allows a MAX6952 or MAX6953 driver to be controlled from a PC. The MAX6952 and MAX6953 are 4-digit common-row 5x7 matrix LED display drivers that are controlled through a high speed SPI™ (MAX6952) or I☬ (MAX6953) serial interface. This application note describes a PC program, downloadable free, to assist design, evaluation, font design with MAX6952 and MAX6953 5x7 matrix LED display drivers.