RC-V7
2
CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
Panel Section (LCD ASSY: B38-0772-65)
The panel section controls serial communications with the
main unit control section, the key input circuit, the display
circuit, and the dimmer circuit through the microprocessor
(IC4).
· Serial communications circuit
A buffer is inserted in order to protect the microprocessor
ports.
· Key input circuit
There is one microprocessor port for each panel section
key. The PSW key is pulled down and the other keys are pulled
up with software within the microprocessor. The rotary encoder
is input directly to the microprocessor.
· Display circuit
Display section is a 152x45-dot full-dot matrix LCD controlled
by two LCD. As shown in Figure 1, the master IC (IC5) side is
connected to 32 common dots and 80 segment dots and the
slave IC (IC6) side is connected to 13 common dots and 72
segment dots. The LCD drive voltage is obtained by raising
the power supply voltage (5V) within the IC. Also, the contrast
level (LEBEL8) for resetting is adjusted with R19 to be optimum.
LCD
152 X 45(dot)
LCD
Driver
IC 5
LCD
Driver
IC 6
Microprocessor
IC4
80
SEG
72
SEG
32
COM
13
COM
Fig. 1 Display circuit
· Dimmer circuit
The dimmer circuit switches the lamp brightness to one of
four levels or OFF. (See Table 1.) The current flowing to the
LEDs is varied by selecting resistors from R55 to R58.
P60
P61
P62
P63
IC4
Microprocessor
R58
R57
R56
R55
9V
Q11
Q10
LED3
LED1
LED4
LED2
Q13
Q12
Fig. 2 Dimmer circuit
Dimmer level
P60
P61
P62
P63
1H
L
L
L
2L
H
L
L
3L
L
H
L
4L
L
L
H
OFF
LL
LL
Table 1 Port logic