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HELP: STAMP to 6.8V/seg 7segment display using MAX7219?

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2002-03-28 21:46 in General Discussion
I am working on a serial input - dual digit LED display using comman
anode displays. THey are large displays which require 6.8 Vforward to
turn on. THe on current is 10ma I believe. I know you can use a
MAX7219 for regular displays but I know it isn't enough to power the
large 2.25" display.. I am also not sure if the Common Anode is for
use with the driver chip.

Thanks for any help!
Jay

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-03-28 20:14
    What kind of LED display requires 6.8 volts? Can you make data on this
    thing available?

    Leroy

    jay_mann2000 wrote:
    >
    > I am working on a serial input - dual digit LED display using comman
    > anode displays. THey are large displays which require 6.8 Vforward to
    > turn on. THe on current is 10ma I believe. I know you can use a
    > MAX7219 for regular displays but I know it isn't enough to power the
    > large 2.25" display.. I am also not sure if the Common Anode is for
    > use with the driver chip.
    >
    > Thanks for any help!
    > Jay
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-03-28 20:53
    Leroy,

    It is made Lumex. The data sheet provided is at

    http://www.lumex.com/gallery/images/drawings/1000157.PDF

    the data sheet is not very descriptive, but the segments each have 4
    led's in them making them light at 6.8 volts.

    Jay

    --- In basicstamps@y..., Leroy Hall <leroy@f...> wrote:
    > What kind of LED display requires 6.8 volts? Can you make data on
    this
    > thing available?
    >
    > Leroy
    >
    > jay_mann2000 wrote:
    > >
    > > I am working on a serial input - dual digit LED display using
    comman
    > > anode displays. THey are large displays which require 6.8
    Vforward to
    > > turn on. THe on current is 10ma I believe. I know you can use a
    > > MAX7219 for regular displays but I know it isn't enough to power
    the
    > > large 2.25" display.. I am also not sure if the Common Anode is
    for
    > > use with the driver chip.
    > >
    > > Thanks for any help!
    > > Jay
    > >
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-03-28 21:46
    I did a goggle search on:

    6.8 v seg 7 segment display driver


    an came up with:

    http://www.intersil.com/data/AN/AN0/AN054/AN054.pdf

    don't know if this will help, but it might be a start in the right
    direction. How many of these displays do you need to drive? If only a
    couple, then transistor or other type of solid state switching circuit
    would do. I believe this article has diagrams about how to do that.
    Let me know if it don't work for you..

    HTH


    Leroy

    jay_mann2000 wrote:
    >
    > Leroy,
    >
    > It is made Lumex. The data sheet provided is at
    >
    > http://www.lumex.com/gallery/images/drawings/1000157.PDF
    >
    > the data sheet is not very descriptive, but the segments each have 4
    > led's in them making them light at 6.8 volts.
    >
    > Jay
    >
    > --- In basicstamps@y..., Leroy Hall <leroy@f...> wrote:
    > > What kind of LED display requires 6.8 volts? Can you make data on
    > this
    > > thing available?
    > >
    > > Leroy
    > >
    > > jay_mann2000 wrote:
    > > >
    > > > I am working on a serial input - dual digit LED display using
    > comman
    > > > anode displays. THey are large displays which require 6.8
    > Vforward to
    > > > turn on. THe on current is 10ma I believe. I know you can use a
    > > > MAX7219 for regular displays but I know it isn't enough to power
    > the
    > > > large 2.25" display.. I am also not sure if the Common Anode is
    > for
    > > > use with the driver chip.
    > > >
    > > > Thanks for any help!
    > > > Jay
    > > >
    > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, just send mail to:
    > > > basicstamps-unsubscribe@y...
    > > > from the same email address that you subscribed. Text in the
    > Subject and Body of the message will be ignored.
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    > > >
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