On Fri, Oct 12, 2012, at 07:41 AM, Dwayne Reid wrote:

> > > The lower 7 bits are the normal 7 segments of each digit. The display=
s
> > > in question have nothing (as far as I can tell) in the decimal points=
..
> >
> >That is correct.  The display cycles through the digits 0-9 and the hex
> >letters and finally the two dots in center.
> >The decimal points for each digit are not present on this display so
> >what I did was to paint over one of the dots in the center so I have a
> >99.99 display . These displays are limited by the decimal point issue,
> >but they are so easy to use that I can overlook that.

The colon dots are individually addressable so it isn't neccessary to
paint one over.
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> Jut out of curiosity, did you try the upper segment bits?  That is:=20
> display addresses 01, 03, 05, 07.  I have my displays running on the=20
> bench right now, so I'll give those upper bit addresses a try later=20
> on today to see what happens.

I ran it through the entire 16 byte address space and got no decimal
points. I told the seller on eBay they were green displays and he says
he's never gotten any comments about them and still thinks they are all
red because he's sold a thousand of them as red and hasn't gotten any
complaints. :)

Best regards,

Bob

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