<br>Yeah, I noticed the Din and Dout pins... I just don't know enough to hook it all together.<br><br>Got a meeting in 5 mins with our electronics guru - he reckons he can build what I (really) want using little more than a PIC. Let's hope so!<br>
<br>Roy.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 March 2013 15:22, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wledzian1@comcast.net" target="_blank">wledzian1@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><div align="left">I'm using the Max7219 chips. They can even be daisy-chained. The existing Max7219 library available for the Arduino allows for chaining up to 8 units on a single digital output pin. I've got a proof-of-concept working with three 7219s driving 24 digits set up as 2 rows of 12 digits.<br>
</div><br><hr><b>From: </b>"geneb" <<a href="mailto:geneb@deltasoft.com" target="_blank">geneb@deltasoft.com</a>><br><b>To: </b>"Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <<a href="mailto:simpits-tech@simpits.org" target="_blank">simpits-tech@simpits.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Monday, March 25, 2013 6:25:59 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [simpits-tech] 7-Segment Displays?<div><div class="h5"><br><br>On Mon, 25 Mar 2013, Roy Coates wrote:<br><br>> Chaps,<br>> I'm looking for a way to use 7-segment displays to show a radio<br>
> frequency. I was hoping to use the LED-5 from Hagstrom but they've none in<br>> stock and although they'll custom build, the price is likely to damage my<br>> sex life - should swmbo find out.<br>><br>
> What alternatives are out there? 7-seg's have always been a pain!<br>><br>Maxim makes the exact part you're after.<br><br>Wayne, what's the P/N of the device you picked for the radio freq. project <br>
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