Bob thanks for the idea. Ive been toying with this for two days. I was trying to figure out how to send the clocking sequence to the 7219. I was trying to figure out if i have to make 8 data tables for each element to flash the time or some other ide thanks again Mike Johnston ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Blick" To: Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [PIC] Shift Register Useage-TPIC6A595 > On Thu, 16 May 2002, Michael Johnston wrote: > > > Bob > > Could i use this code for a max7219 ic to display time? > > My clock uses this chip to display time like a regular clock > > I haven't used the max7219 in a long time, so I forget the polarity of the > clk and load. If it's different you can change bcf for bsf on the toggles. > But the basic idea is the same, just put in as many "rrf" lines and add > variables as you need and make the count initialise bigger to fit(it needs > to be 1 more than the number of bits shifted out). > > Cheers, > > Bob > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu