I have a need to drive 16 common cathode displays with Arduino. The segment pins can be driven by common leads, but I need all 16 digits to be enabled individually, so a 7219 wont work. Is there a similar chip that can drive 16 separate digits like this? The reason is that I have a PCB for the Airb…

Driving 16 Common Cathode Displays

PaulRB November 1, 2017, 8:22pm 2

2 x 7219?

Or 1 x ht16k33?

More detail needed to answer accurately.