Have you considered 14 segment LCDs?  They require a driver, though,
so you may need to switch to a PIC with LCD capability.

Digikey has 153-1113-ND for instance, which has 8 characters.  I
expect some asking around in Asia will net you a 4 digit version for
tens of cents.

-Adam

On 10/3/07, Forrest Christian <forrestc@imach.com> wrote:
> I have a project that is extremely cost sensitive which requires a small
> display.   I could probably get away with 2-3 LED's but this product
> would be much more usable if I could somehow gain 3-4 alpha digits for
> under $2 or so (Qty 100) instead of the LEDs.   This needs to be
> commercially obtainable and not surplus so that I can manufacture this
> product on an ongoing basis.
>
> I seem to recall some sort of 4 character display mentioned on here but
> I can't find it in my archives.   I've dug through the Mouser, Digikey,
> and Jameco catalogs and don't seem to see anything which quite fits the
> bill.
>
> Ideas?
>
> -forrest
>
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