Cheap 4 digit 7 segment display option

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alien

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I ordered a bunch of cheap voltmeters from BuyInCoins (8 for $20) intending to hack them for use as temperature displays. They haven't arrived yet, but luckily in the meantime somebody else has done all the hard work of figuring out how to convert them to general purpose displays:

http://www.ba0sh1.com/hacking-a-cheap-led-voltmeter

Non-cheapskates can get a purpose built I2C controlled display from Adafruit that will do the same thing for $10 each.
 
Blog post: http://smokedprojects.blogspot.com/2013/08/i2c-led-display-from-hacked-voltmeter.html

Picture shows 4 displays driven by the 2 I2C pins on an Arduino. I am going to be using these for PID displays.

test.jpg
 
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