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Product category: Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Maxim Integrated Products | Subject: MAX16816
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 29 January 2008

Programmable LED driver removes need for
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Because of its sophisticated programming capabilities, the MAX16816 overcomes many problems and design limitations in older generation LED drivers.

The MAX16816 from Maxim Integrated Products is a high-voltage programmable high-brightness (HB) LED driver for automotive and general lighting applications Far more versatile than competing devices, the MAX16816 provides many user-programmable features through on-chip nonvolatile EEPROM registers

Using a microcontroller and a single-wire interface, the programming is done either at the factory or by the designer in the field.

The MAX16816 integrates all the building blocks necessary to implement fixed-frequency HBLED drivers with wide-range dimming control.

It is configurable to operate as a step-down (buck), step-up (boost) or step-up/down (buck-boost) current regulator.