Lighting: Signage

Power Management IC solutions for signage information displays

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Design Considerations

Texas Instruments provides a broad portfolio of high-performance products for your LED design needs. From RF and power management (including AC/DC, Power Factor Correction, DC/DC and linear power conversion) to DSPs and ultra-low-power MCUs, TI has products to differentiate your design. And, TI's local support and applications expertise can help you get to market faster.

Applications such as Mono-/multi-/full-color LED displays/signs, LED signboards and display backlight require manipulation of LED current and time to produce images. The TLC59xx offers many features to extract the most from your LED application:

Dot correction for equalizing luminance of LEDs
PWM and on-off dimming
8, 12, 16-channel drivers
30 - 120mA driver current per channel
Data transfer up to 30MHz
Safety protection and error reporting

LED Reference Design Cookbook - Download the new LED Reference Design Cookbook that is designed to provide you with a valuable tool to help you solve your lighting design needs. The LED Reference Design Cookbook features lighting reference designs for multiple applications.

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Application Notes (6)

Title	Abstract	Type	Size (KB)	Date	Views
Programming Fun Lights With TI's TCA6507	Read Abstract	HTM	8 KB	30 Nov 2007	1476
Driving a WLED does not always require 4 V		PDF	134 KB	12 Oct 2007	681
White Light LED Driver With Gradual Dimming (Rev. A)	Read Abstract	HTM	8 KB	10 Jan 2007	866
TLC5940 PWM dimming provides superior color quality in LED video displays		PDF	215 KB	18 Apr 2006	1194
TPS60230 WLED Charge Pump	Read Abstract	HTM	8 KB	09 Nov 2005	397
Single Cell TPS61041 LED Driver	Read Abstract	HTM	8 KB	09 Jun 2003	557

Selection and Solution Guides

Selection Guides (2)

Title	Abstract	Type	Size (KB)	Date	Views
Power Management Guide 2013 (Rev. M)		PDF	8.94 MB	11 Mar 2013	32385
LED Reference Design Cookbook (Rev. A)		PDF	6.52 MB	05 May 2010	3631

Tools and Software

Name	Part #	Company	Software/Tool Type
C2000 Piccolo MCU AC LED Lighting & Communications Kit	TMDSIACLEDCOMKIT	Texas Instruments	Evaluation Modules & Boards
C2000 Power Line Communications Add-on Kit	TMDSPLCMODA-P3X	Texas Instruments	Evaluation Modules & Boards
C2000 Power Line Modem Developer's Kit	TMDSPLCKIT-V3	Texas Instruments	Evaluation Modules & Boards

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Training & Events

Name	Type	Available During
TMS320C2000 Microcontroller Workshop	In-Person	10 Dec 2013 - 12 Dec 2013
Getting Started with the MSP430 LaunchPad Workshop	In-Person	16 Oct 2013
Getting Started with the TIVA™ C Series TM4C123G LaunchPad	In-Person	15 Oct 2013
C2000 Microcontroller One Day Workshop	In-Person	19 Sep 2013
Getting Started with the MSP430 LaunchPad Workshop	In-Person	18 Sep 2013

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