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- From: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: LCD Displays
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.203930.12292@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- Date: 23 Aug 92 01:39:30 GMT
- References: <21AUG199222053658@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
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- In article <21AUG199222053658@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> tidedu@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (WILLIAM DEDULA) writes:
- >Hello;
- >I am having a hard time finding the type of Liquid Crystal Display which I
- >need. A am building a circuit which must begin at 10 and count down to 0
- >using a LCD display. So far, the only LCD displays I can find (And I've
- >looked a lot) either require an analog signal, or they are controlled via.
- >a computer. I require a display where the individual segments of each
- >digit can be controlled so I can use a LCD driver chip (If one exists)
- >to convert a BCD input (From a Binary Counter Chip) to a digital display.
- >Is this capabibility available with a LCD display ? If so, could you
- >recommend manufacturers of the LCD display's themselves, as well as the
- >Driver Chips.
-
- Check out a DigiKey catalog (if you don't have one, you can request one by
- calling 1-800-DIGI-KEY). Their selection could stand to be bigger, but they
- do carry what you seem to want (2 digit displays). The listing of the displays
- contains a column that suggests driver chips.
-