The IIS Chip Gallery
LAPI (1989)
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| Application | Graphics |
| Technology | 2000 |
| Manufacturer | VLSI Tech |
| Type | Semester Thesis |
| Package | DIP40 |
| Dimensions | 3200μm x 3200μm |
| Gates | 1 kGE |
| Voltage | 5 V |
| Clock | 10 MHz |
LAPI is a flexible, cascadable module that is used to control LED matrix displays. One chip is able to drive a 8x8 matrix of LEDs. The chip is able to store the content of this matrix and provides instructions to shift the display, load new rows and columns and allows a column to be combined with another. The chip also supports several blink modes.
The name LAPI stands for "LED Array Processing Interface".