Hi lew247
I have used these with pics, took a long time to get my head around using them !
I am at home at the moment, I will look to see what code I can post to help you when I go to work tomorrow, (some of it is commercial).
You have to design your own fonts, and store that in your pic. The addressing is a bit peculiar to say the least, however once you have the lookup routine and the adressing sorted, it makes a good display.
I use 2 of these together, gets complicated with more. I would suggest that you use the $GPRMC from the gps unit, it gives exactly what you want, time, date, and whether it is in synch or free running from receiver internal clock.
Keep checking this thread, as it may be a day or two before posting, and I need to check that the code I post will work !
There was a post a year or so ago about these displays, which started me off looking at the modules.
Have a look here
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=11871
post 1 has sure.txt simple code.
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