Cascading MAX6960

EV Kit Boards

The MAX6960 EV kit board was carefully designed to

cascade up to five MAX6960 EV kits. Tables 3 through

19 explain the functionality of each jumper when using

only one MAX6960 EV kit and Table 20 shows a sum-

mary of all the default settings. The 5V supply

requires a current capability of 2.5A per MAX6960

EV kit. For example, five cascaded MAX6960 EV kits

require a 5V supply capable of supplying 12.5A. If the

digit 0 and digit 1 segment current settings are

changed from 40mA to 20mA on all MAX6960 devices,

then the current requirement is cut in half. For example,

one MAX6960 EV kit would require 1.25A and five

MAX6960 EV kits would require 6.25A.

Table 20. Using One MAX6960

EV Kit Board

The sections below show the jumper settings for cas-

cading two, three, four, and five MAX6960 EV kit

boards.

Cascading Two MAX6960 EV Kit Boards

Table 21 shows the jumper settings when cascading

two MAX6960 EV kits. The 5V supply requires a current

capability of 5A when cascading two MAX6960 EV kits.

If the digit 0 and digit 1 segment current settings are

changed from 40mA to 20mA on all MAX6960 devices

for both MAX6960 EV kits, then the current requirement

is 2.5A.

Table 21. Cascading Two MAX6960

EV Kit Boards

MAX6960 Evaluation Kit/Evaluation System

10

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MAX6960

EV KIT 1

JU1: (2-3)

JU2: (2-3)

JU3: (1-2)

JU4: (2-3)

JU5: (2-3)

JU6: (1-2)

JU7: (2-3)

JU8: (2-3)

JU9: (1-2)

JU10: (2-3)

JU11: (2-3)

JU12: (Open)

JU13: (1-2)

JU14: (1 only)

JU15: (1-2)

JU16: (1-2)

JU17: (1 only)

MAX6960

EV KIT 1

MAX6960

EV KIT 2

JU1: (2-3)

JU1: (2-3)

JU2: (2-3)

JU2: (2-3)

JU3: (1-2)

JU3: (2-3)

JU4: (2-3)

JU4: (2-3)

JU5: (2-3)

JU5: (2-3)

JU6: (1 only)

JU6: (1-2)

JU7: (2-3)

JU7: (2-3)

JU8: (2-3)

JU8: (2-3)

JU9: (1-2)

JU9: (2-3)

JU10: (2-3)

JU10: (2-3)

JU11: (2-3)

JU11: (2-3)

JU12: (Open)

JU12: (Short)

JU13: (1-2)

JU13: (2-3)

JU14: (1 only)

JU14: (1-2)

JU15: (1-2)

JU15: (1 only)

JU16: (1-2)

JU16: (1-2)

JU17: (1 only)

JU17: (1-2)

Note: Bolded text indicates changes from the default settings.