Hi. Another alternative to drive 4 displays can be found here : http://www.voti.nl/shop/products_1.html#IC-MM5450 Drives 4 displays directly without multiplexing with serial input (uses just a few PIC pins). Jan-Erik -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads