Display Devices

TYPES
7-segment LED Display
 Common Cathode
 Common Anode
What is 7-segment LED Display?

• 7-segment LED Display is display device which can

display one digit at a time.
• Actually one digit is represented by arrangement of 7
LEDs in a small cubical box.
• For representing 3 digit number we need three 7-
segment LED Displays.
How it look like?
BCD to 7 segments Decoder
Inputs and Outputs of BCD to 7
segment decoder
 Internal Structure
There are two types of 7-segment LED
Display-

1. Common Cathode

2. Common Anode
Common Cathode
 How to glow the segments?
• We need to provide +5 V to other open ends to turn ON
that particular segments.

• We need to provide 0 V to other open ends to turn OFF

that particular segments.
 How to print 2 on LED Display?
• To show 2 on LED display then you must illuminate A, B, G,
E and D segments of the display. So you must give voltages on
pins 10, 9, 8, 5, 4, 2, 3 and 7 in Common cathode slide as
High, High, Low, High, High, Low, High and Low
respectively for drawing 2 on display.
Common Anode
 How to glow the Segments?

• We need to provide +5 V to other open ends to turn OFF that

particular segments.
• We need to provide 0 V to other open ends to turn ON that
particular segments.
 How to print 3 on LED Display?

• To make 3 on display then you must illuminate A, B, C, D and

G segments of the display. So you must give voltages on pins
10, 9, 8, 5, 4, 2, 3 and 7 in figure 4 as High, High, High, High,
Low, Low, High and Low respectively for drawing 3 on
display.
Pin Out of Common Anode LED
Display
Interfacing with ATmega8
Interfacing with Arduino
Multi Digit 7 segments LED
Display (Multiplexing)
Circuit diagram for Multiplexing
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