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2MAX6921 Shift Register
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4
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5This is a capture of data output to a Maxim MAX6921 high voltage shift
6register that was outputting data for a VFD clock.
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8The signals were grabbed on a 28-pin PLCC chip (MAX6921) which outputs 20-bits
9that is crafted as a design for VFD applications.
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11Details:
12 - BeagleBoard.org vendor tree: https://github.com/beagleboard/kernel
13 - Beagle Nixie GitHub: https://github.com/mranostay/beagle-nixie/
14 - MAX6921 datasheet: http://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/MAX6921-MAX6931.pdf
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16
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17Logic analyzer setup
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3001a695 20The logic analyzer used was Open Bench Logic Sniffer (at 10MHz):
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3001a695 22 Probe MAX6921 pin
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3001a695 24 0 LOAD
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25 1 DATA
26 2 CLK
27 3 BLANK (PWM Brightness Control)
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30Data
31----
32
33The data contain various values for the VFD being driven, as reference at the
34prototype Nixie Cape for the Beaglebone.
35
36 Digit Bit
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38 0 (1 << 12)
39 1 (1 << 19)
40 2 (1 << 13)
41 3 (1 << 18)
42 4 (1 << 14)
43 5 (1 << 17)
44 6 (1 << 16)
45 7 (1 << 15)
46 8 (1 << 15)
47 9 (1 << 11)
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49 Segment Bit
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51 SEG_A (1 << 0)
52 SEG_B (1 << 1)
53 SEG_C (1 << 2)
54 SEG_D (1 << 3)
55 SEG_E (1 << 4)
56 SEG_F (1 << 5)
57 SEG_G (1 << 6)
58 SEG_H (1 << 7)
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59
60The sigrok command line used was:
61
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62 sigrok-cli --driver=ols:conn=/dev/ttyACM0 -d samplerate=10mhz \
63 --samples=24576 -p 0=LOAD,1=DATA,2=CLK,3=BLANK -o <filename>
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