Learn how to drive 7-segment displays on a breadboard with the TLC5916 driver IC. In this tutorial I will show you, step by step, why the TLC5916 is the best LED driver for breadboards with 7-segment displays and how you can use it with a microcontroller.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
00:30 Overview & demonstration
01:25 What you need
02:19 7-segment displays and how to drive LEDs
05:16 Schematic & TLC5916 basics
10:29 TLC5916 special mode & adjusting the LED current
13:28 Preparing the 7-segment LED displays
14:58 Building the circuit
18:52 Flashing the PIC16F1455
20:39 How NOT to do it... My life before the TLC5916.






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