<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Blog 4: Functional programming and communication protocols</title><link>/challenges-projects/design-challenges/pathprogrammable3/b/blog/posts/blog-4-functional-programming-and-communication-protocols</link><description>Table of Contents

 The MAX7219 Peripheral 
 The Software 
 Result 


The MAX7219 Peripheral
The MAX7219 IC is a &amp;quot;Serially Interfaced 8-Digit LED Display Driver&amp;quot;, which interface is based on SPI, with an specific protocol for configuration and data manage</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Blog 4: Functional programming and communication protocols</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/pathprogrammable3/b/blog/posts/blog-4-functional-programming-and-communication-protocols</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2023 05:59:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1d3c514d-fcc4-432e-a77b-62f9cd171c60</guid><dc:creator>navadeepganeshu</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Good one. Nice to see the LED driver interfaced. Other way of using individual LEDs for n segments would work the same way?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think if doing individually, using verilog/vhdl would be easier - probably through a custom RTL block.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=26534&amp;AppID=395&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>