Hey everyone! I went through the library included on this page and found that it was not working. I decided to make a new library that not only can display 0-9, but now hex numbers and a way to test your display easily with just one call. I also included a proper README with a wiring diagram and how to install/use the library. Let me know what you think.

SevenSegment Library

johngineer is correct; the datasheet pinout is wrong. This is what I've found.
Pin order looking at top of unit, right side up.
10,9,8,7,6
1,2,3,4,5
Below are the corresponding pins to each segment
(The segment notation is the same as in the datasheet)
Comon Anodes: 3 & 8
A: 7
B: 6
C: 4
D: 2
E: 1
F: 9
G: 10
DP: 5
I hope this helps.

UPDATE : Finally got around to creating a video. Hope it helps. http://youtu.be/9B5Kr3gMvZ4

NOTES : This is inspired and informed in part by user "ddegn". My feedback is specific to Arduino users who are new to seven segment displays and this product specifically. I actually ordered the blue product but this comment applies to both the red and blue so I have added in both places.

If you are new to seven segment displays and you are using an Arduino Uno with a shift register. Here are a few things I learned while using this product.

DECIMAL POINTS : 1 on the bottom right is available

CONNECTIONS TOP L-R : [ 10 / Q6 / G ] , [ 9 / Q5 / F ] , [ 8 / Power ] , [ 7 / Q0 / A ] , [ 6 / Q1 / B ]

CONNECTIONS BOTTOM L-R : [ 1 / Q4 / E ] , [ 2 / Q3 / D ] , [ 3 / Power ] , [ 4 / Q2 / C ] , [ 5 / Q7 / DecimalPoint ]

SHIFT OUT CHALLENGES : If you are reading the tutorials in the Arduino Workshop book by John Boxall you may experience some confusion when sending values to this display. The author specifies using a common CATHODE segment display. From what I understand this product is the opposite i.e. common ANODE. As a result, the matrix the author shares with you will not work. The numbers will be garbled on the display. Apparently after much research I realized that the solution is to reverse every value. In other words, to make the display work you will need to send a 0 rather than a 1 to turn on the led segment. Totally confusing until I figured this out. Also, the only way I could get my Arduino sketch to work was to add a "B" at the beginning of the value. So for example, the book states that if you want to display the number "0" on your segment you should send the following value "11111100" or the value"252." However, with this product you would actually need to send the following value "B00000011." Note the "B" at the beginning. I dont have the decimal conversion for this value you will need to research that on your own.

Hope this helps you. Took me hours to figure this out.

I would love to see this in common cathode, unless you can directly control these from the Arduino.

Nice item at a good price.
A complete pinout diagram would be cool, since it seems the pins don't align with the datasheet info.

So I just received four of these in the mail today (8-20-2014) and all of my previous experience was with radio shacks 7-segment displays and none others. So i plug one in and start trying to figure out which pins light which LED and one after another they start to burn out, well shit. After i realized they had indeed burned out, i also realized that these suckers are hungry for some electrons, so please BEWARE that you need a decent sized resistor connecting it to Vcc i used a 10k and the lights lit up fine. This bad boy is very bright as well, but just make sure you've got some protection so this doesn't happen to you. BTW I've never needed resistors on the radioshack LED's so it didn't cross my mind to use resistors on these displays but we live and learn i guess.

I wish the documentation was much clearer. Not, all 7 segment displays are the same. It does not suggest the pull-out resistor, or the ohms. The main picture on the breadboard is showing wires crossing the main +/- lines. There is no need for those wires. So, can you please clarify the documentation so I will not blowout another display. It is also large, and I too wish to have just a little smaller display.

Do you have to connect both anode pins? I am trying to put together a circuit board layout that holds 5 of these. Based on the datasheet diagram it looks like one could connect either anode pin and it should work.

For interfacing 7 segment with PIC microcontroller.

example code http://ibrahimlabs.blogspot.com/2013/06/this-post-is-all-about-how-tointerface.html

How many holes will this take up on my protoboard? It looks like about 7 x 9, but can I get a number?

FYI, I had no luck at all getting the Arduino libraries linked above to work. I'm not sure if anyone else tried and had the same results. After a little digging, I found some modifications posted by another contributor in the project on Github that fix the problems. Basically, it looks to me like the author just didn't have a working version of this posted. I was attempting this with Arduino IDE version 1.0.1. Post here if you're interested and I'll explain further.

Any LED that isn't from China?

I can't figure out how to illuminate the other decimal point in this "two decimal point" 7-seg display. Can someone point me in the right direction?

This is a great product, with one small problem. The module is slightly oversized, i.e. when plugged into a standard 10-column breadboard, its a tight squeeze trying to get in wires.
Sparkfun, is it possible to find one that is slightly smaller?
Or is it safe to sand off about 2mm from the top?

I just got one of these to see how it worked and made a counter with my PIC18 board, am getting a couple more to make a calculator. You can find the labels in the post, I fixed them. Note that in the video I was using a 1k resistor that's why the leds aren't as bright.
How To Make a Counter With Your PIC18 Board
I'll make an Arduino example and post it here to help you get started.

I don't suppose someone has some sample AVR code to get these units lit up? I'm looking at stringing 5 of them together with 1 uC maybe an Atmega48 and use another uC to signal the first.

there is a plastic film that comes covering the face of the display. It protects the matte-finished display face underneath. It doesn't look too bad if you prefer the glossy appearance leaving it on, but after you are done soldering your dedicated project it is nice to take off the film, because it looks less tacky.
The displays are nice and bright, you could easily see it in most lighting conditions (except direct sunlight would make it difficult)
easy to plug in to your micro controller (with resistors of course) and get working.
I didn't bother trying to find a datasheet with the pinouts, i used my multimeter's diode test function (you could use the proper resistor and a power supply) and just probed the pins to see what i needed. Someone here mentioned the top and bottom middle pins are positive, and they were correct, so I went from there.
for a buck a piece you cant go wrong.

I wonder if this unit is waterpoof? I know that it is potted, but I'm not sure if the front panel is ok to expose to the elements?

I don't know to much about programing 7segs can someone simple post some code (for an arduino) to display 3 then 2 then 1 with 1 sec delays. ill figure it out from there...

Great product. The middle pin on each row is the common anode. Don't connect them to a too high voltage though or you will fry the display. I accidentally did this with one of mine by connecting it to 5V, now it's dead :(