It seems counterintuitive, but it seems to be true. And this single-motor mechanical seven-segment display seems to be a perfect example of this paradox. On second thought, [aeropic]’s mechanism ...

What do you do with 144 7-segment displays? If you’re [Frugha] you ... [Frugha] picked a nice font and hand-coded lookup tables for each digit. The lookup tables are stored in ROM, saving ...