jeanseb wrote:You guys already carry 7 segment displays, but something similar to this
[ 14-segment alphanumeric LED display ]
would be awesome too!
A search for "alphanumeric" on Sparkfun
(
https://www.sparkfun.com/search/results ... phanumeric )
seems to show that they used to sell lots of different kinds of alphanumeric LED displays
and a "Serial Alphanumeric Display Driver", but they are all retired.
Like jeanseb, I am surprised that at the moment Sparkfun apparently doesn't carry *any* alphanumeric displays.
I see that Adafruit has a bunch of end-to-end stackable alphanumeric 14-segment LED backpack boards in a variety of colors that
share the power and I2C control wires and have electronics to drive each LED appropriately,
and also the raw 14-segment "digits" on those boards available separately.
(
http://www.adafruit.com/search?q=alphanumeric )
Mouser also resells those same backpacks from Adafruit,
(
http://www.mouser.com/Tools-Supplies/Ac ... ay&FS=True )
, as well as a wider array of raw alphanumeric "digits".
(
http://www.mouser.com/Search/Refine.asp ... ic+display )
apparently including exactly the
Kingbright ACPSA04-41SRWA 0.4" single digit alphanumeric LED display
http://www.mouser.com/Search/Refine.asp ... A04-41SRWA
mentioned in the first post on this thread.
Yvan256: I agree that dotmatrix-based displays that require only a few data lines to display stuff are really neat.
When I search Sparkfun for "LED button pad",
https://www.sparkfun.com/search/product ... button+pad
I see a few items that seem to meet that criteria.
When I search Sparkfun for "dot matrix"
https://www.sparkfun.com/search/product ... dot+matrix
I see many other items that seem to meet that criteria.