Looking good Richard!! I can see the issue with the M...your solution is probably the best given the obvious limitations....
Cheers, Nick On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 7:34 AM gregebert <gregeb...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Burroughs made a 9-segment display that allows most text characters to be > displayed, though some are a bit crude like Q, V, X, Z > > > On Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 6:41:51 AM UTC-7 Richard Scales wrote: > >> @Dekatron42 - that is interesting - it looks like I may be deviating from >> the standard! I will look at that. >> >> @M1 - if you absolutely positively want to go for more then I think a >> modular system based on the most effective use of the HV drivers might be >> possible though the idea of soldering all those 0805's and pin sockets >> leaves much to be desired ;-) >> >> - Richard >> >> >> On Thursday, 6 May 2021 at 13:51:31 UTC+1 Dekatron42 wrote: >> >>> Did you look at this: >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-segment_display_character_representations >>> ? >>> >>> There seems to be some companies who focussed on what the text would >>> look like on a seven segment display more than if the character was >>> represented in a good manner so that it was readable rather than looking >>> like normal letters and there was also a mix of upper and lower case >>> letters to form the words. >>> >>> /Martin >>> >>> On Thursday, 6 May 2021 at 07:04:00 UTC+2 Richard Scales wrote: >>> >>>> Following developments of my 6 digit panaplex clock into 8, 9 and 4 >>>> digit formats - I've now created a 15 digit device using 5 x SP-353 >>>> displays. >>>> Thanks to Nick for putting the idea in my head - I was a tiny bit >>>> sceptical but now that I'm starting to choreograph (with my programming >>>> skills?) the displays - I'm sold on the idea. >>>> >>>> [image: SP-353x15P1.jpg][image: SP-353x15P2.jpg] >>>> As you can see - I'm struggling with 'M'! >>>> >>>> I'll post more pictures at nixology.uk and panaplex.co.uk (which is >>>> very much work-in-progress) >>>> I need to sort out the display of sensor data (BMP280). I'm rearranging >>>> things now that it is no longer restricted to 6 digits. >>>> If anyone has any ideas for other meaningful data that I could display >>>> sensibly on 7 segments then I'm open to suggestions. >>>> Show the time in words has just sprung into my head, Hmmmmm. >>>> I see its 'Ju5t g0nE tEn to 51X' >>>> - Richard >>>> >>>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2ed51f1f-1aa8-4b0b-8eed-4259963b8939n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2ed51f1f-1aa8-4b0b-8eed-4259963b8939n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHJ_U57SKW0gGMPvZ%2By3Cjcxo_JydAzab6Zu%2B-WavZDnnQ%40mail.gmail.com.
