Talk:Charlieplexing

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Keep this page, please. The multiplexed display was fundamental to the development of (inter alia) the pocket calculator, and deserves a better technical writeup on Wikipedia. Charlieplexing is an interesting footnote, and should be included for completeness. IanHarvey (talk) 21:49, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I would like to comment that this is actually a very important technique for driving a display with a smaller number of i/o pins than traditional multiplexing. It is actually more important now than ever before with the increased integration of embeded computers in appliances and other devices. This technique allows smaller processor chips with fewer i/o pins to do more work, and for commercial products will tend to drive the cost down by preventing an engineer from having to choose a larger chip to support a project. This is critical where the product is a disposable device such as a single use camera, or a device with limited space such as a watch or a battery with a built-in meter. This also reduces the consumption of resources such as copper, so it can be considered an earth friendly technology, making it more than a footnote. Georgedotcom (talk) 00:17, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

I found about this topic while watching a clip on youtube, but I have to say that the way it's explained here is very confusing. I'm going to try and understand it better and fix this article so it's a little clearer. --79.36.181.209 (talk) 09:00, 25 May 2008 (UTC)