BU9796 prototype finally comes to light ✨🔧🖥️
We covered the BU9796 a loooooooooong time ago on the Great Search while looking for an I2C LCD segment driver ...
but sadly, we never got around to making that breakout board. Til' now! This one features the FS series of the chip, which has some more segments: in this board, we expose 4 common and 18 segments to keep the board from getting too big. This chip runs at 3V or 5V, so it should be easy to use with any device. We still need to figure out what VLCD connects to - some parts of the datasheet say VDD, and some say VSS, so we left a jumper on the back. That way, we can connect it correctly when we are more awake. Stemma QT makes this a plug-and-play driver for just about any micro! Coming soon…