>hi, > >It's better if you build your project with MC145447 (CNID IC) and display >the result to small LCD 16x2 than you make scanning display with LED >Matrix, because it has more difficulties. > You missed the point. In the original post, the author wanted a display he could red from across the room without wearing his glasses. An LCD is definitely out. -Matt "DOS Computers manufactured by companies such as IBM, Compaq, Tandy, and millions of others are by far the most popular, with about 70 million machines in use wordwide. Macintosh fans, on the other hand, may note that cockroaches are far more numerous than humans, and that numbers alone do not denote a higher life form."