Lecture 11: Seven segment display

ECEN 1400 Introduction to Analog and Digital Electronics

Seven segment display

http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~wismer/ee101/lab12/node4.html

Decoding BCD to seven segment The seven-segment LED display

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7447 7-segment decoder

Inputs Input: 4 bits of BCD Output > 1001 not useful Output 7 segment control Outputs inverted! Outputs

http://www.easyvectors.com/ browse/other/seven-segmentdisplay-clip-art

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7447 7-segment decoder

Functional layout

http://www.wisconline.com/Objects/ViewObj ect.aspx?ID=DIG7307

Note inverted outputs

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7-segment LED display

Common cathode vs. common anode

http://www.thelearningpit.com/lp/doc/7seg/7seg.html

Our common anode chip

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Common anode function

Drive control pin low to light segment

Note current limiting resistors.

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Decoder + display chip

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Example operation

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Lecture 10: More digital logic

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D2L 11.1
Q: Which term would appear as one of the product terms in a sum-of-products expression for the decoder logic circuit for the a segment of a BCD to 7-segment decoder, assuming all terms beyond BCD 9 are dont care? This would not be the only term, but would be one of them. You can use the truth table given in the notes. Hint: You do not need to use a Karnaugh map, although you can if you wish. A: B: C: D: A B C D

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1 0 1 X 1 1 1 X X 1 0 X X

DC
This can be found by observation from the logic table or by filling out the Karnaugh map
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0 X 1

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D2L 11.2

Q: Current limiting resistors are usually placed on the cathodes of each diode in a common anode seven segment display. Your lab partner suggests reducing the component count by putting the current limiting resistor on the common anode instead. The three images above show the multisim results of trying this with 1, 2 and 3 segments. Note that two can be made to emit light, but not three. The reason for this is A: The LED voltage is less than the required ~2 V in the third case. B: The LED current is less than the required ~5 mA in the third case. C: The LED voltage is too high in the third case. D: The LED current is too high in the third case E. The LEDs are no longer forward biased in the third case.
The current is limited to about 10 mA assuming a diode turn-on voltage of 2 V. But the current is split between all diodes, so drops every time another diode is turned on.
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D2L 11.3

Q: The image above is from a common cathode seven segment LED. The abcdefg lines to the chip were what? H = 5 V, L = 0 V. A: abcdefg = B: abcdefg = C: abcdefg = D: abcdefg = E: abcdefg = H L L H H L H H H L H L L L H H L L L H L H H H L H L H L H H L H H L

Common cathode means lines are taken high to turn on segments since the cathode is connected to ground.

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