Adafruit 7-segement LED "Backpack" display turned out to be quite easy to interface with

Adafruit 7-segement LED “Backpack” display turned out to be quite easy to interface with the BeagleBone Black

Originally shared by Drew Fustini (pdp7)

@Adafruit_Industries 7-segement LED “Backpack” display turned out to be quite easy to interface with the BeagleBone Black (aka BBB). “Backpack” means the 7-segment display has a chip on the back side which allows it to be controlled with i2c (via @element14 )
http://www.element14.com/community/community/knode/single-board_computers/next-gen_beaglebone/blog/2013/11/04/interfacing-beaglebone-black-with-adafruit-7-segment-led-display

Am I seeing that right? The LED display is only $10? That’s pretty awesome.

yup, the adafruit i2c backpack versions: http://www.adafruit.com/category/37_103