Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

charlieplexing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: char-lieplex-ing
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A technique for driving a multiplexed display in which relatively few I/O pins on a microcontroller are used to drive an array of LEDs. It is based on tristate logic.

Uncountable

Etymology

Blend of Charlie + multiplexing. It was proposed in early 1995 by Charlie Allen at Maxim Integrated.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does charlieplexing mean?: A technique for driving a multiplexed display in which relatively few I/O pins on a microcontroller are used to drive an array of LEDs. It is based on tristate logic.
Where does charlieplexing come from?: Blend of Charlie + multiplexing. It was proposed in early 1995 by Charlie Allen at Maxim Integrated.

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