Hi, I've been introduced to picaxe and it looks very interesting, but I need some advice on the best way to use a PIC chip to run 6x 16-segment and 11x 7-segment LED displays.
Basicly the display will be split into 3 sections that are always connected to a PC; 1 section shows the current date/time (taken from the connected PC if possible) the other 2 sections will show a user-inputed date/time.
Looking around, it seems the best way to run this many displays would be to use a MAXIM chip (like the max6954?) but if anybody has any suggestions for this let me know. Am I right in thinking i could connect 3 of these to 1 PIC to run all the displays?
Also, is it possible for the PIC chip to be fed constant data from a PC whilst its running? so its always checking for what to display?
Thanks!
Basicly the display will be split into 3 sections that are always connected to a PC; 1 section shows the current date/time (taken from the connected PC if possible) the other 2 sections will show a user-inputed date/time.
Looking around, it seems the best way to run this many displays would be to use a MAXIM chip (like the max6954?) but if anybody has any suggestions for this let me know. Am I right in thinking i could connect 3 of these to 1 PIC to run all the displays?
Also, is it possible for the PIC chip to be fed constant data from a PC whilst its running? so its always checking for what to display?
Thanks!