Eight-segment display
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An eight-segment display is a type of display based on 8 segments that can be turned on or off according to the font pattern to be produced.
It is similar to a nine-segment display whose middle vertical bars are vertical, except that on an eight-segment display, the bars F and G are merged.
Applications
It was used, for instance, in the calculator Sharp EL-8, producing more rounded digits than a Seven-segment display.
Displaying
An eight segment display can sometimes display characters with less readability because the segments F and G are combined and the corners are rounded. It is unable to display a 0 for this reason and is therefore unable to display an O.
Examples
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Sharp EL-8 with eight-segment displays -
Eight-segment display of the Sharp EL-8 -
Eight-segment display displaying an 8 -
Eight-segment display displaying an D
See also
- Seven-segment display
- Nine-segment display
- Fourteen-segment display
- Sixteen-segment display
- Dot matrix display
- Vacuum fluorescent display
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