LED Matrix/Digit Display Driver w/ PIC

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LED Matrix/Digit Display Driver w/ PIC

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I'm doing a school project requiring me to use PIC micro-controllers (I'm using PIC-16F88's) My desired output is two separate 2-digit LED displays (scores for 2 different players) and a 1-digit LED display (shot-clock). Using just the PIC's this would take 7 wires and 7 resistors for each digit as well as 7 PIC outputs, totaling 35 of each of these for all 5 digits. I saw the
"LED Matrix/Digit Display Driver - MAX7219" (Item number 453) and it seems like it would be perfect for this task.

My question is does the MAX7219 work with PIC micro-controller? If so I'm wondering if it is as easy as it seems or the relative difficulty of using the MAX7219 to run 5 7-segment digit displays. And any other tips or ideas anyone might have.

Thank you.

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Re: LED Matrix/Digit Display Driver w/ PIC

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A PIC can generate the signals a MAX7219 needs, but you'll need to write code to generate those signals.

The MAX7219 can control up to eight 7-digit displays, so it has enough output capacity to do what you need.

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