>As well as taking care of the LED's power requirements, they are
latching devices (ie set and forget), which simplifies s/w


Do you mean that if you use them you don't need to use current limiting resistors?
I've seen dozens of circuits with these ICs and they all use resistors...

Juan Cubillo

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