Quote Originally Posted by T.Jackson View Post
Personally, I think the diagram that Sayzer posted might be right down your alley for what you need. (it looks quite correct) Bout the only thing I'd add to it is - some current boosting for the columns (if I wanted the display really nice & bright) Handful of BJT's or couple of UNL2003 would do nicely.
The only thing he does differently is use a 4 to 16 decoder though (?).