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From: bender@oobleck.Eng.Sun.COM (Michael Bender)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: 8-bit display drivers and timers.
Message-ID: <8056@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 16 Feb 91 00:39:27 GMT
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->        I have a problem here, which I hope you guys can help me 
->with.  I need three things:
-> 
->        1)  a 7segment displays(3 or 4)/decoder/driver - this 
->driver needs to have an 8bit(for a number up to 256, hence the 3 
->displays) input.  driver needs to convert these 8 bits 
->into the corresponding digits(up to 3) and output them on the 
->displays.  The driver can be a multiplexer, or an equivalent.
-> 
->        2)  a programmable countdown/timer(must be programmable 
->with 8 bits).
-> 
->        3) a countup/timer with 8 bit output(to drive the 
->multiplexer or equivalent above.)

are you working with that guy that's building the bomb timer
without any IC's?

just wondering :-)
mike
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