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04/12/05 23:48
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#91479 - No 373s!
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Joshua Vavra said:
I was planning on using six of the 74LS373 octal latches to multiplex the six displays. P0 of the 8051 is used a a data bus, with the 8 output pins connected in parallel to each of the 373s inputs. By using the enable of the 373, I could then multiplex the displays by only turning on the appropriate 373 when I needed to change that digit.

I think you are still fundamentally misunderstanding how multiplexed displays work.
You don't need any latches at all - the "latching" effect is done by the human eye! (the effect known as persistence of vision).

As I said previously, You just need to control the 7 (or 8) segment lines from the pins of one port, and the 6 digit selects from the pins of another port.
(all via suitable high-current buffers, of course)

eg, displaying "1234" on a 4-digit display goes something like this, only much faster:

I trust you can see how the digit selects are activating one digit at a time, and the segment lines carry the signals for the current digit.
Only one digit is actually active at a time, but you switch them fast enough that they all appear to be constantly lit to the human eye!


Faster, even, than this:

You could try making the frequency variable in your project, and observe how the digits appear to become steady as you turn the speed up...


List of 23 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Seven Segment Displays Driven By 8051            01/01/70 00:00      
   Maxim part            01/01/70 00:00      
      Integrated MUX drivers are 5V only            01/01/70 00:00      
   Confused            01/01/70 00:00      
   Multiplexing 7-segment LED displays            01/01/70 00:00      
      rate of multiplex            01/01/70 00:00      
         Yes, of course,            01/01/70 00:00      
   Further Clarification of My Project            01/01/70 00:00      
      nobody can answer that            01/01/70 00:00      
      No 373s!            01/01/70 00:00      
         Ohhh! Pretty NM            01/01/70 00:00      
      OK            01/01/70 00:00      
   MAX7219            01/01/70 00:00      
      Like this            01/01/70 00:00      
      current?            01/01/70 00:00      
         LSD23255-10 Display Specs            01/01/70 00:00      
            data sheet?            01/01/70 00:00      
            GOOGLE!!!            01/01/70 00:00      
      Multiplexing            01/01/70 00:00      
   Drivers            01/01/70 00:00      
      74hc595 alt.            01/01/70 00:00      
         TPIC6C595 by TI?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Thanks.            01/01/70 00:00      

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