PCA2117: Automotive LCD driver for character displays

The PCA2117 is a low-power Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) controller and driver. It is specifically designed to drive LCD dot-matrix displays of 2‑lines by 20 characters or 1‑line by 40 characters with 5 x 8 dot format. In addition 200 icons can be displayed. The chip contains a character generator and displays alphanumeric characters. The PCA2117 features an internal charge pump with internal capacitors for on-chip generation of the LCD driving voltage. To ensure an optimal and stable contrast over the full temperature range, the PCA2117 offers a programmable temperature compensation of the LCD supply voltage. The PCA2117 can be easily connected to a microcontroller by either the two-line I²C-bus or a four-line bidirectional SPI-bus.

Various character sets can be manufactured on request. In addition up to 48 user-defined symbols (5 x 8 dot format) can be stored in three selectable RAM columns with 16 characters each.

Data Sheets (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Automotive LCD driver for character displays (REV 4.0) PDF (857.0 kB) PCA211708 Apr 2015
Application Notes (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Design guidelines for COG modules with NXP® monochrome LCD drivers (REV 4.0) PDF (205.0 kB) AN1017004 Aug 2014
Users Guides (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
OM13502, PCA2117 demo board (REV 1.0) PDF (389.0 kB) UM1081806 Mar 2015
Ordering Information
ProductPackage namePackage versionLCD character driver display formatAEC-Q100 compliantI2C-busI2C speedVDD1 [min] (V)VDD1 [max] (V)VDD2 [min] (V)VDD2 [max] (V)IDD [typ] (uA)VLCD [min] (V)VLCD [max] (V)integrated temperature compensation
Package Information
Product IDPackage DescriptionOutline VersionReflow/Wave SolderingPackingProduct StatusPart NumberOrdering code(12NC)MarkingChemical ContentRoHS / Pb Free / RHFLeadFree Conversion DateMSLMSL LF
PCA2117DUGR/DADie In Waffle Carriers 3"ActivePCA2117DUGR/DAZ (9353 015 18033)Standard MarkingPCA2117DUGR/DAAlways Pb-freeNANA
PCA2117DUGS/DADie In Waffle Carriers 3"ActivePCA2117DUGS/DAZ (9353 032 41033)Standard MarkingPCA2117DUGS/DAAlways Pb-freeNANA
Automotive LCD driver for character displays pca2117dugs
Design guidelines for COG modules with NXP® monochrome LCD drivers pcf8576d_automotive
OM13502, PCA2117 demo board pca2117dugs