Do you know a www addy for a datasheet.   www.maxim.com = some
pharmaceutical company.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of David J Binnington
> Sent: 03 October 1999 12:20
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Driving 7segment displays
>
>
> Wagner wrote:
>
> > If you know some other manufacturer similar chip, email me or post here,
> > I think more people are interested.
>
> The MAXIM MAX7219 works very well and only needs one resistor to
> select the
> maximum segment drive current.  Drives any combination of up to 8
> digits or
> discrete LED matrices.  Requires 3 I/O - clock, serial data & chip select
> but the clock and chip select can be multiplexed with other I/O.
> Brightness,
> number of digits, decoding etc. etc. are all under digital
> control.  Serial
> register also has an output to allow devices to be chained.
>
> Dave
>