John & Maria Perry wrote:
>
> I'm most of the way through an embedded system design here, and the customer
> suddenly has hit me with a need for a small display.
>
> To avoid the software-intensive IIC, I'm using the 93LC series EEPROMs for
> stable data storage.  If I can come up with a SPI- or Microwire-compatible
> display, I don't have to change my processor board much.  Does anyone know
> of such a beast? I've looked in EEM and ECN, and see lots of parallel and
> RS-232 type LCD's, but nothing that looks like a 3- or 4-wire serial design.
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> john perry
> jperry@norfolk.infi.net


John,

if it is sufficient to have an 8 digits LED display, then you could
use the MAXIM 7219 chip. It has a SPI compatible interface and all
drivers for the LED built in.

Wolfram

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