Blog Link: http://tron9000.blogspot.co.uk/2015/1...
So an update on getting those Displays to work. The LCD is not playing ball - I don't think the datasheet I got from Jaycar is the same as this display (link below). Also the Multiplexed 7-seg display: that hasn't faired well either, which is a shame.
No matter, learnt how to drive them!
LCD from Jaycar - http://www.jaycar.com.au/Active-Compo...
Excerpt from "A Pratical introduciton to Electronic Circuits" by Martin Hartley Jones on google books about multiplexed displays, Section 13.13.4 - https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=E...
74LS47, BCD to 7-seg decoder/driver - http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn74...