The EVQ7250-R-00A is an evaluation board designed to demonstrate the capabilities of the MPQ7250-AEC1, a 3-channel, high-side linear LED driver that is ideal for driving LED strings directly from an automotive battery. The device outputs a best-in-class 200mA of current per channel with a unique thermal management design to reduce board temperature.  External shunt resistors are leveraged to share output current (I_OUT) and dissipate power out of the driver.

Optimized for compact lighting applications, each channel has a dedicated pulse-width modulation (PWM) dimming input pin to support brightness control. Either a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) resistor for LED temperature monitoring or an LED brightness binning resistor can be connected on the same board or off-board. 

Advanced diagnostic and fault protection features include LED open, LED short, single LED short (SLS), and thermal shutdown.  The device can be configured to operate in one-fails-all-fail or one-fail-others-on modes, and it can indicate any of these fault conditions through its fault indicator output pin.  

The MPQ7250-AEC1 requires a minimal number of external components, and is available in a compact QFN-20 (4mmx4mm) package. The MPQ7250-AEC1 is available in AEC-Q100 Grade 1.