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SpaceFlights.us: Going RGB with 7 segment displays Posted in: Technology | by Brian Taylor | 2011 Oct 22
RGB 7 segment display
posted Oct 22nd 2011 7:01am by Brian Benchoff
filed under: led hacks
We can order seven segment displays in red, green, yellow, or blue all day long. One thing we haven't seen is an RGB segmented display, so [Markus]' project is really interesting. He took a stock seven segment display and modded it into an RGB display.
After taking a Dremel to the back of the stock display, [Markus] was left with a seven segment light mask. A few SMD LEDs were purchased through the usual channels. The RGB LEDs were epoxied into place on the back of the light mask one at a time. Thankfully, the LEDs came with magnet wire already attached - helpful, since these LEDs are only 1.6mm x 1.2mm big.
With 32 pieces of magnet wire, [Markus] needed some sort of socket. A small piece of perfboard and some .100? headers handled the job very nicely. [Markus] still has to work on some way to drive the 24 cathode lines his LED display. He'd like an I2C interface, but with something like an individual seven segment display, the footprint of the circuit should be pretty small. If you've got any tips, drop them in the comments section. [Markus] is sure to catch them there.
