At 12:35 AM 8/31/96 +0000, you wrote:
>On Fri, 30 Aug 1996 09:39:21 -0400 "Mark A. Corio" <Mcorio@AOL.COM>
>writes:
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Does anyone know of a 7-segment LED driver that is serial loaded?  I
>need to
>>drive 4 digits from a PIC and don t want to use a lot of pins?  Any
>other way
>>to do this?  The cheaper the better (of course).  Thanks.


Mark,
  Try a Motorola MC14499P (dip) or MC14499DW (surface mount). approx. $3, in
small quantities.  It may be cheaper to use another PIC, a 16C54 for
instance, which is price comparable.

  Marv