DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

MEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, JAMSHORO

Introduction to Embedded Systems (4th Semester) 19EL

Lab Experiment#10

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LAB DATA ANALYSIS ABILITY TO

SUBJECT CALCULATION OBSERVATION
PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE
AND CONDUCT PRESENTATION
AND CODING /RESULTS
SCORE
INDICATOR INTERPRETATION EXPERIMENT

MAX7221 Interfacing and AVR Programing using SPI

Objective: To become familiar with MAX7221 IC and its programming using AVR
Microcontrollers via SPI protocol.

MAX7221 IC:
In many applications you need to connect two or more 7 segment LEDs
to a microcontroller. For example if you want to connect four 7 segment
LEDs directly to a microcontroller you need 4x8=32 pins. This is not
feasible. The MAX 7221 IC is an ideal chip for such applications since
it supports upto 8 7- segment LEDs. We can connect the MAX 7221 to
the AVR chip using SPI protocol and control upto 8 7- segment LEDs.
The MAX7221 contains an internal decoder that can be used to convert
binary numbers to 7 segment codes. The device includes analog and
digital brightness control, an 8x8 static RAM that stores each digit, and
a test mode that forces all LEDs On.

MAX7221 Connections to the AVR

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MEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, JAMSHORO

Introduction to Embedded Systems (4th Semester) 19EL

Lab Experiment#10

MAX7221 packet format

List of Commands in MAX7221

Set Decoding Mode (Command X9)

Example: Write an AVR program to display 57 on 7 segment

#include <avr/io.h>
# define MOSI 5
# define SCK 7
# define SS 4
void execute( unsigned char cmd, unsigned char data)
{
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MEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, JAMSHORO

Introduction to Embedded Systems (4th Semester) 19EL

Lab Experiment#10

PORTB &= ~(1<<SS);

SPDR=cmd;
while(!(SPSR & (1<<SPIF)));
SPDR= data;
while(!(SPSR & (1<<SPIF)));
PORTB |=(1<<SS);
}
int main(void)
{
DDRB= (1<<MOSI)|(1<<SCK)|(1<<SS);
SPCR=(1<<SPE)|(1<<MSTR)|(1<<SPR0);
execute(0x09,0b00000011); // enable decoding for digits 1,2
execute(0x0B,0x02); // scan two 7 segments
execute(0x0C,0x01); // turn on the chip
execute(0x01,0x07); // display 7 on digit 1
execute(0x02,0x05); // display 5 on digit 2
while (1);
return 0;
}

Lab Tasks:
 Write an AVR program, to display EL on the two digits of the 7-segment.
 Simulate an AVR program on Proteus which shows counting from 1 to 9.
 Configure AVR in master mode sending letter A continuously and observe the packet on SPI
Debugger.
 Attach the snapshots for the simulation results of all the tasks.