One glimpse at the still images or the brief video below shows you exactly how [Eric Nguyen] managed to pull this off. Each segment of the display is made up of four 0.25″ (6.35 mm) steel balls, ...

Poised for communications, industrial, and consumer applications, the company offers a full array of single- and dual-digit seven-segment, surface-mount displays for use where height is constrained.

With multi-segment displays, what you see available online is pretty much what you get. LEDs, LCDs, VFDs; if you want to keep your BOM at a reasonable price, you’ve pretty much got to settle for ...