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- From: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: 7 seg. Hex display driver IC?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.203008.15616@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 01:30:08 GMT
- References: <55066@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Jul25.195451.12675@ssc.wa.com>
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- Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
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- In article <1992Jul25.195451.12675@ssc.wa.com> markz@ssc.wa.com (Mark Zenier) writes:
- >In article <55066@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> falatic@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (MacGyver) writes:
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- [looking for hex --> 7 seg display]
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- >Both are either old or obscure (low volume) parts. It would be
- >cheaper to program a GAL/PAL or small EPROM and stick a uln2003 on the
- >back.
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- Ah... but if you use that 74S288 as I suggested earlier, you don't even need
- the ULN2003 -- it already has open collector outputs! Quite useful.
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