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#91479 - No 373s! Responding to: ???'s previous message |
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... |
Topic | Author | Date |
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 |