micrel's two display controller chips, can drive vacuum fluorescent or LED displays
The MIC10941 and MIC10939 Alphanumeric and Bargraph Display Controller is a two-chip MOS/LSI general purpose display controller system designed to interface with bargraph and segmented displays (vacuum fluorescent or LED). The two-chip set will drive displays with up to 16 segments (plus decimal point and comma tail) and up to 20 grids (characters) plus a cursor. The chips can be cascaded to drive larger displays of 80 characters.
The controller is designed to interface with bargraph and segmented displays that are either vacuum fluorescent or LED.
The chips can be cascaded to drive larger displays containing up to 80 characters.