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- From: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: 7 seg. Hex display driver IC?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.214859.21219@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 02:48:59 GMT
- References: <55066@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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- In article <55066@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> falatic@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (MacGyver) writes:
- >
- > Hi! I am looking for a chip to convert BCD (actually, straight 4 bit
- >binary) to drive a 7 segment LED display, and to display 10d to 15d in
- >Hexadecimal (A-F). I need something LIKE a 7447 driver, but that one does not
- >treat 10d-15d the way I need. Anyone who can help, please reply thru E-Mail
- >if possible, or post here.
-
- Use a 32 by 8 EPROM -- a 74S288. The cost is <$2. For 32 locations you
- can program this by hand, using only DIP switches, LEDs (for verifying
- stuff) and wires. By a few more parts that you need, because you'll want
- to use one to experiment with. I've done this myself, and it works well.
- I kept a few small circuit boards around that do this function, and this
- function only -- they're sometimes useful for debugging microprocessors.
- Also, you can do something creative with the $10-$1f. In a box I built for
- IBM, it spells out my name up there.
-
- PALs would be fine too, but you really need a programmer then. There ARE
- some chips that already do this all by themselves, but they're a little hard
- to find and not much cheaper.
-
- ---Joel Kolstad
-