MAX6953 LED Matrix or development board

The MAX6953 from Dallas Maxim is a compact cathode-row display driver that interfaces a microprocessor (like PIC or AVR) to four 5×7 dot matrix LED display trough an I2C compatible serial interface. The Max chip includes some nice features like:

  • low-power shutdown mode
  • segment blinking
  • test mode that forces all LEDs on
  • 16-Step digital brightness control

This project can be considered both a led matrix controller and a development board for MAX6953. The project presents only the max6953 and the led matrix, if you want it to display anything, you’ll also need to stick a microcontroller in there and write some code. You might want to check this other article 50×7 LED Matrix which has everything included.

MAX6953 LED Matrix or development board: [Link]