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7-segment display numbers not in order.

moonrkr

Feb 22, 2013
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HI...! Does anyone knows how to design a synchronized counter using a 7-segment display?
I mean just the general idea. I don't pretend anyone to make the work for me.
I need to show a sequence of numbers not in order. Example: 04120.
I have been looking all over google but the examples are for numbers in order.
I know I need to make a state table, but I put the numbers in the order I want to appear to fill the table or as 0123456789?

Any advice? Thanks! :)
 

techna

Jan 18, 2013
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Am not sure, but maybe you can experiment with the count values that each segment will decrement or increment, or you can give different delays to each segment.
 

Harald Kapp

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Separate the two tasks.
1) build a synchronous counter.
2) build a decoder to generate the 7-segment code from the counter value.

I need to show a sequence of numbers not in order. Example: 04120
Could you elaborate on that part a bit more in detail? I don't quite get what you intend to do.

Is that a task to be dealt with by a microcontroller? If not, I would move it to the circuit help section. Or the homework section - it sure looks like homework to me.
 

OddOne

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I would connect the 7 or 8 segments of the 7-segment display to the output pins of the microcontroller with probably some resistors between it. Then write a program to send a voltage to the output pins according to the numbers you want.
 

gorgon

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The easiest way I couldthink of, to get a sequence counter values coming out as a string of stacked number would be to use an old EPROM. The ones with windows can be erased and programmed with whatever sequence you need.
 
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