Submitted by ionCube (not verified) on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 15:55.
The counter stops when it reaches maximum count. From the datasheet:
"When the counter reaches a count of FFFh, the counter stops counting and all outputs turn off. Pulling BLANK high before the counter reaches FFFh immediately resets the counter to zero."
I've driven these with the internal clock output from a PIC and a timer to interrupt when the blanking signal is due and it works well.
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The counter stops when it
The counter stops when it reaches maximum count. From the datasheet:
"When the counter reaches a count of FFFh, the counter stops counting and all outputs turn off. Pulling BLANK high before the counter reaches FFFh immediately resets the counter to zero."
I've driven these with the internal clock output from a PIC and a timer to interrupt when the blanking signal is due and it works well.
Nick