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The USB7 expands most computers with a USB connected 6-digit, seven-segment display. Supporting letters, numbers, and a range of punctuation, the USB7 benefits any project requiring highly visible information. Using common a USB cable for both communication and power, the USB7 requires no special or bulky cables and with a simple virtual-serial port protocol, sending regular ASCII characters is all that’s required to control the USB7s full output capacity. Based on the AVR-CDC project, the USB7 is supported by Windows XP, Windows 2000, OS X, and many Linux variants.

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Features
  • Simple to use
    • The USB interface provides all of the communications and power to the display. 
    • Simple ASCII data over the virtual serial port controls all of the displays functions.
    Easy to assemble

    • All through hole parts.
    • An easy kit contains all of the required parts, including a pre-programmed microcontroller. 
    • Standard 0.56" common-anode display format allows versatility in display selection.
    • Comes in standard green readout.

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  0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 
Cool May 29, 2009
Reviewer: Tyler Lavite from Jerseyville, IL United States  
It is cool looking and easy to put together... but how do i get this to run on a Mac? all the directions talk about PC's

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  1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 
Nifty learning tool November 8, 2008
Reviewer: JammerX19 from Worthington, PA United States  
This was a lot of fun to put together and I already have a plan for its use - it will display usage statistics for a web server farm that I monitor.  My only beef with this thing is that it doesn't seem to work through a powered USB hub.  It works fine on any straight-to-PC connection so far but my D-Link 7-port powered hub allows it to connect but my PC won't talk to it.

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A fun little kit, with lots of potential uses. October 31, 2008
Reviewer: Morten Nisker from Aarhus, Denmark  
The kit arrived neatly packaged with all parts present. Soldering it was swift and without any problems. The assembly instructions are very detailed and easy to follow.

After a quick check of component placing and soldering, I plugged it in and it worked right away.
It displays all numbers and the letters a-z, and a some symbols like ?!"'*=+-. A few of the letters and symbols does look a little strange, but it is not a big issue.

I use it under OS X and it works very well. Sending data to it is very simple and it quite cleverly discard unsupported and excess characters. I have only gotten around to making a clock so far, but have plenty of ideas for other things to display.

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