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Arduino Electronics Blueprints

You're reading from   Arduino Electronics Blueprints Make common electronic devices interact with an Arduino board to build amazing out-of-the-box projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784393601
Length 252 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Don Wilcher Don Wilcher
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. A Sound Effects Machine FREE CHAPTER 2. Programmable DC Motor Controller with an LCD 3. A Talking Logic Probe 4. Human Machine Interface 5. IR Remote Control Tester 6. A Simple Chat Device with LCD 7. Bluetooth Low Energy Controller 8. Capacitive Touch Sensing 9. Arduino-SNAP Circuit AM Radio 10. Arduino Scrolling Marquee Index

Building a BLE seven segment LED display controller


The prototype built for this wireless device is quite similar to the BLE DC motor controller. The smartphone app will be extended in such a way that six of the digital ports will be used instead of one. Traditionally, to operate seven discrete LEDs of the display requires the same number of control lines to operate the optoelectronic component properly. The BLE Controller app unfortunately has only six slide switches; therefore, the extra LED of the display will be hardwired to a slide switch-controlled segment. The BLE seven segment LED display prototype concept's diagram is as follows:

What's inside a seven segments LED display?

Before proceeding to the project build, let's explore the inner workings of a seven segment LED display. A seven segment LED display consists of seven discrete LEDs strategically arranged inside a small plastic case. The placement of the discrete LEDs is such that the number 8 is visible on the front of the small...

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