and went in a clockwise motion leaving bit 7 as the center segment. Of course when I flipped the display around I quickly noticed that I had actually wired it counter clockwise (oops). This does ...

The matrix has seven columns, one for each segment on the display ... [Fran]’s circuit using a 555 and a 4017B decade counter to make a display count down to 0.

seven-segment display (Image courtesy of LXD, Inc.) In their natural state, liquid crystals line up with the orientation "rubbed" into the front and rear glass panels. The rubbings are microscopic ...