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Seven Segment Display Operation by Using Atmega32 and CD4511B

This document discusses interfacing a 7-segment display with an AVR Atmega32 microcontroller. It begins by describing the pinout of a common cathode 7-segment display, which has 7 pins for the LED segments and 2 pins for the common ground. It then introduces the CD4511B IC, which can decode binary-coded decimal (BCD) input into the 7 segment outputs needed to display a number, using fewer microcontroller pins than interfacing directly. The document provides a diagram of the CD4511B IC and states that the next part will include a schematic and truth table showing how it can be used to interface a 7-segment display with the AVR microcontroller.

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Seven Segment Display Operation by Using Atmega32 and CD4511B

This document discusses interfacing a 7-segment display with an AVR Atmega32 microcontroller. It begins by describing the pinout of a common cathode 7-segment display, which has 7 pins for the LED segments and 2 pins for the common ground. It then introduces the CD4511B IC, which can decode binary-coded decimal (BCD) input into the 7 segment outputs needed to display a number, using fewer microcontroller pins than interfacing directly. The document provides a diagram of the CD4511B IC and states that the next part will include a schematic and truth table showing how it can be used to interface a 7-segment display with the AVR microcontroller.

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Seven Segment Display Operation

by Using Atmega32 and CD4511B


Let’s first have a look on the seven-segment display and its pinout.

The Seven-segment consists of 7 LEDs arranged in a way that allows constructing a


display of the numbers of (0-9). It has 10 pins assigned as follows:

1. 7 pins act as the Vcc for the 7 LEDs (1 pin for each LED, assuming that we are dealing
with common cathode seven segment display)
2. 1 pin is the VCC for decimal point display at the lower right corner.
3. 2 pins represent a common ground to all the LEDs.

                               7
segment LED display

There are 2 types of seven-segment, that are “common anode” and “common
cathode”. In common anode seven segment, VCC is common for all the LEDs and
each has a different pin for the low voltage (that is ground). In the case of a common
cathode, all LEDs have a common ground and each has a different pin for the high
voltage (Vcc). In this tutorial, we will be using a common cathode 7 Segment display.

Interfacing 7 Segment Display with AVR Atmega32:


The straightforward way to do that is to connect each pin from the seven-segment to a
pin on the MCU and use the software to control the LEDs lighting and display the
numbers we want. However, this way is not efficient as it wastes a lot of valuable MCU
pins. Imagine that you want to connect 2 seven-segment devices to display the
numbers (0-99), in this case, you will need to use 14 pins of the MCU I/O pins which
may leave you in a shortage of pins for other external peripherals.

Fortunately, there is a better way to do it, using the CD4511B IC (BCD to 7 Segment
Decoder), shown in the below picture.

(Picture Missing)

This is an easy to use IC that takes the number you want to display as an input in BCD
(Binary Coded Decimal) format and outputs the 7 bits needed to illuminate the seven-
segment with the desired number. The below diagram clarifies the input and output to
the CD4511B. 
The input pins (A, B, C, D) take the input number as BCD and the output pins (a, b, c, d,
e, f, g) are the 7 bits output that will be connected to the seven-segment as will be
demonstrated in the schematic.

For more clarity, the below table shows the inputs and corresponding outputs of the
CD4511B,you also can get more information from the data-sheet of CD4511B: 

(To be continued on my next Data Load)

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