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From: antonyc@coil.caltech.edu (Bill T. Cat)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Beer Can Physics
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Date: 13 Sep 90 16:49:32 GMT
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tgg@otter.hpl.hp.com (Tom Gardner) writes:

>|Its because the display is Multiplexed. The digits are displayed one at a
>|time to save on chip count (presumably). All of the digits use the same
>|7 segment decoder chip as opposed to using a seperate chip for every digit.

>No. To save on pin count.

i thought it was to save power