PNP equivalent of ULN2803?

[dog80]

I'm trying to drive a common anode 7-seg display with an Arduino and use a ULN2803 to drive the cathodes.

Is there a PNP equivalent to the ULN2803 to drive the anodes instead of using individual transistors?

[David_AVD]

What you need to search for is "octal high side driver".

They are not as common or cheap as the low side (NPN) ones though.

[Psi]

also, if you can handle SMT chips it will be much easier to find one.

DIP pnp transistors arrays are much less common than SMT

[mariush]

UDN2981 may be a suitable part.

See this thread where several ICs were suggested : https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/micro-controller-controlled-led-matrix-design-question/

ps. In another thread, MAX7219/MAX7221 were mentioned by someone. But they're more complex: http://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/MAX7219-MAX7221.pdf

[ivan747]

Another solution is getting a common cathode display instead.