Modulating PWM into a Shift Register

Papabravo

Joined Feb 24, 2006
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I'd like to pint out that if you given us a proper schematic drawing instead of a BS kiddie drawing a great deal of ambiguity and back and forth nonsense could have been avoided.
 

Ian0

Joined Aug 7, 2020
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So, how about a 74HC173? It's a D-type latch, parallel-in parallel-out, and it has an output enable to which you could connect the PWM (tristate, so you'd need pulldowns). Or a 74HC573 or 74HC574 which would give 8 channels. In each case, inputs are all together on one side, and output all together on the other side.
But if your data was serial, you could accomplish the whole damn lot, 8 outputs at a time, with a TPIC6B595
https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tpic6b595.pdf?ts=1617311501983&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.ro%2F
 

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ElectricSpidey

Joined Dec 2, 2017
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Yes, in a perfect world my data would be serial and I could use that chip for both the PWM and the driver, but in my world the data is parallel.
 

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ElectricSpidey

Joined Dec 2, 2017
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Damn, nice find...but no good, not enough drive current. :(

But I'm going to put that chip in my useful chip list...thanks!

So anyway thanks for the help guys but I have decided to go with FPGA, and make my life easer.
 

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ElectricSpidey

Joined Dec 2, 2017
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The current will vary anywhere from 400mA to 900mA per any 3 channels at full brightness. (approx.)

These chips won't drive the LEDs directly, but they could replace the shift register or a CD4081, but they are expensive.

No constant current...just resistors.
 
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