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Product category: Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Allegro MicroSystems Europe | Subject: A6278
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 17 February 2006

Driver chip watches out for dodgy LEDs

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An eight-channel constant-current latched LED driver IC incorporates open LED detection, allowing the user to quickly identify system problems.

The new A6278 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is an eight-channel constant-current latched LED driver integrated circuit incorporating an open LED detection capability, allowing the user to quickly identify system problems The A6278 is a BiCMOS device which includes an 8bit CMOS shift register, accompanying data latches, and eight n-p-n constant-current sink drivers