> I was perusing Allegro's site -- wouldn't their: 5810-F BiMOS II > 10-Bit Serial-Input, Latched Source Drivers with Active-DMOS > Pull-Downs, fit the bill for driving your LED display? The logic fits, but I think they're a little light in the drive department. Intended for vacuum displays (high V, low A). Their ULN2000 series are useful for drive stages. If you add an external serial data interface (eg 74164), you pretty much get a high current 5810 -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics