> Dare I say it, but (whisper) Maxim (/whisper) probably have a suitable chip.
> They have all sorts of LED control stuff, much aimed at cell phones, but
> they do stuff for larger LEDs too.

Oh.. Them..

Yeah, I should probably have a look, I only need a few hundred this year.
I then have time to redesign. :)

I keep running into exclusives, either they have the current out, OR
they have operation from better than 10V, but not both, and damned few
have I2C to start with.
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