| ▲ | A Brief History of the Crazy Old 7-Segment Display(hackaday.com) | |
| 5 points by kristianp 12 hours ago | 3 comments | ||
| ▲ | tocs3 12 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
When I see something about seven segment displays I think about one of my favorite YouTube videos. | ||
| ▲ | apothegm 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Starts talking about LEDs and totally misses LCDs, which made heavy use of 7-segment displays and were ubiquitous for a few decades in the early years of consumer digital electronics. | ||
| ▲ | uhoh-itsmaciek 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Another interesting related technology is electromechanical vane display clocks: https://youtu.be/AradTqh0cuM . Each segment is shown (or sometimes obscured) mechanically! | ||