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White 7-Segment Clock Display - 0.56" Digit Height

White 7-Segment Clock Display - 0.56" Digit Height — Adafruit — 1001

4-digit 7-segment common-cathode LED display, white, 0.56" digit height, 30 mcd. Includes decimal points per digit and a center colon wire for time display. Drive with a 74HC595 or NPN transistors; max 20 mA per segment, ~120 mA per digit at full brightness.

Pinout

Logical pinout · physical placement not verified
WHITE 7-SEGMENT CLOCK AD5BD6colon LEDsCDIG.1 COMDDIG.2 COMEDIG.3 COMFDIG.4 COMGColon COMDP

One grouped source record is expanded into separate logical pads where unambiguous; physical placement is not implied.

  • A13

    Shared seven-segment LED segment A anode; Adafruit describes the raw display as multiplexed common-cathode and the linked Luckylight datasheet maps segment A to pin 13.

    Type · Unknown
  • B9

    Shared seven-segment LED segment B anode; datasheet maps segment B to pin 9.

    Type · Unknown
  • C4

    Shared seven-segment LED segment C anode; datasheet maps segment C to pin 4.

    Type · Unknown
  • D2

    Shared seven-segment LED segment D anode; datasheet maps segment D to pin 2.

    Type · Unknown
  • E1

    Shared seven-segment LED segment E anode; datasheet maps segment E to pin 1.

    Type · Unknown
  • F12

    Shared seven-segment LED segment F anode; datasheet maps segment F to pin 12.

    Type · Unknown
  • G5

    Shared seven-segment LED segment G anode; datasheet maps segment G to pin 5.

    Type · Unknown
  • DP3

    Shared decimal-point LED segment anode; datasheet maps DP to pin 3.

    Type · USB
  • D5D6 colon LEDs8

    Centre colon LED inputs D5/D6; datasheet maps D5/D6 to pin 8.

    Type · GPIO, Unknown
  • DIG.1 COM14

    Common cathode for digit 1; datasheet marks pin 14 as DIG.1 COM.

    Type · Unknown
  • DIG.2 COM11

    Common cathode for digit 2; datasheet marks pin 11 as DIG.2 COM.

    Type · Unknown
  • DIG.3 COM10

    Common cathode for digit 3; datasheet marks pin 10 as DIG.3 COM.

    Type · Unknown
  • DIG.4 COM6

    Common cathode for digit 4; datasheet marks pin 6 as DIG.4 COM.

    Type · Unknown
  • Colon COM7

    Common cathode for centre colon LEDs; datasheet marks pin 7 as COM between DIG.2 and DIG.3.

    Type · Unknown

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