all right ppl...
its not exactly a haloween spoof im trying if thats what gizmo was trying to 'hint' .
i 'm trying to connect my parallel port to multiple seven segment displays...
that looks like this in case ur thinking what kind of seven segment display it is ....
so each of the inputs would go to each side..
so if i wanna make the number '5'
id go for the inputs
a->1, f->1 ,
g->1 , c->1 ,d->1
i want ...say 5 of these individual displays...so that i can use this as a mini display ! thats why i need so many ouputs,the prob is that i have only 1 source of input - the parallel port...so how do i manage the flow of inputs... do i use a flip flop/shift register to pass the flow to next display?
say i wanna pass the number : 12345 (assume ther 5 seven segment displays)
after displaying the first seven segment display , u need to move to the next display automatically till all 5 are displayed ...
now...where were we ...