How to display more than 65536 with MAX7219

[isaac]

I've looked at the MAX7219 data sheet:

http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds...19-MAX7221.pdf


But there's no way to tell you how to break down the number without knowing where you are getting the number from in the first place. Are you counting something? Or measuring something? What is your input? Why do you need 6 digits of output? What is the display telling--this many somethings or this much something?

The 6 digits numbers are a set of values like 123456 of which 123 represents 12.3ft and 4.56 metres.
there would be 10 sets of number like that which would be stores in the
pics eeprom so those 10 sets of number would take up 40 bytes of the eeprom.
My thinking was that instead of using 2 Max7219 both connected for 3 digits each and display 12.3 on one and 4.56 on the 2nd .
i could save on hardware cost if i just display say the first 4 locations containing 123 & 456 with the Max7219 configured for 6 digits.
i can happily display them individaully but as i said its a waste on hardware.
i am sorry if i didn't explain myself better from the start.

Reagrds
Isaac