The 5.0mm high characters are packaged in a 0.300mm 30 pin DIP. The on-board CMOS IC has the ability to decode 128 ASCII characters, which are permanently stored in ROM. In addition, 16 programmable symbols may be stored in on-board RAM. Seven brightness levels provide versatility in adjusting the display intensity and power consumption. The HDSP-2532 is designed for standard microprocessor interface techniques. The display and special features are accessed through a bidirectional eight-bit data bus.