/products/devtools/single-board-computers/next-genbeaglebone/b/blog/posts/interfacing-beaglebone-black-with-adafruit-7-segment-led-displayAdafruit&#39;s 7-segement LED &quot;Backpack&quot; display turned out to be quite easy to interface with the BeagleBone Black (aka BBB) . &quot;Backpack&quot; means the 7-segment display has a chip on the back side which allows it to be controlled via I2C.&amp;...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/products/devtools/single-board-computers/next-genbeaglebone/b/blog/posts/interfacing-beaglebone-black-with-adafruit-7-segment-led-displayThu, 07 Nov 2013 22:27:38 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:6c1b907b-c587-4798-b048-556cfd6651ecfustini0<p>I&#39;ve started working on a Python script to display my current number of unseen Facebook notifications (that white number in the redbox in the upper right of Facebook):</p><p><span>[View:/resized-image/__size/816x612/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-6c1b907b-c587-4798-b048-556cfd6651ec/contentimage_5F00_176048.jpg:816:612]</span></p><p><span>[View:/resized-image/__size/759x569/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-6c1b907b-c587-4798-b048-556cfd6651ec/contentimage_5F00_176049.jpg:759:569]</span></p><p>Here is the code so far (a work in progress):</p><p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://gist.github.com/pdp7/7359910" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="https://gist.github.com/pdp7/7359910">https://gist.github.com/pdp7/7359910</a></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17023&AppID=80&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">