Guy Farebrother wrote:

> Does anybody know if it possible to drive two separate LCD's from one '924.
> I would like to use separate 4 digit LCD's and tie there segments together
> but use the COM0 and COM1 backplane drivers to drive them separately.

How about using a descrete 7-segment LCD controller chips such as Teledyne's
TC7211?  It handles 4 digits, so two of them would give you what you need.
Don't know about price and availability these days, though.

Michael