With this very-easy-to-assemble kit, you can quickly add alphanumeric display capabilities to your Arduino project. The shield uses 2 multiplexed MAX7221 chips, each driving half of the segments.

The kit includes (as shown in the first photo):

• PCB
• 6-character 14-segment common cathode LED display
• 2 x MAX7221 LED driver (+ 2 x 24-pin sockets)
• 2 x 33k resistors
• 2 x 100nF capacitors
• machined header (as socket for the display)
• male header (for the shield)

The shield uses pins D3, D4 and D5.

It also has a small prototyping area, useful for adding components specific to your project, like 2 buttons and a buzzer if you want to build an alarm clock (as shown in the last photo).