PCA9550 Datasheet | NXP Semiconductors

2-bit I2C-bus LED driver with programmable blink rates Rev. 05 - 13 October 2008 Product data sheet 1. General description The PCA9550 LED blinker blinks LEDs in I2C-bus and SMBus applications where it is necessary to limit bus traffic or free up the I2C master's (MCU, MPU, DSP, chip set, etc.) timer. The uniqueness of this device is the internal oscillator with two programmable blink rates. To blink LEDs using normal I/O expanders like the PCF8574 or PCA9554, the bus master must send repeated mands to turn the LED on and off. This greatly increases the amount of traffic on the I2C-bus and uses up one of the master's timers. The PCA9550 LED blinker instead requires only the...