9th June 2021 ATtiny85 Microcontroller Interface with MAX7219 Dot Matrix

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NOTE: Since the video was uploaded to YouTube, a slight modification was done to the sketch to enable the count
from 00 to 99 (see video and modified sketch below).

//----------------------------------------------
//ATtiny85 Control of MAX7219 Dot MAtrix Display
//----------------------------------------------
#include <LedControl.h>
//----------------------------------------------
#define DIN   0
#define CS    1
#define CLK   3
LedControl disp=LedControl(DIN, CLK, CS, 4);
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
const byte digits[][8] = {
{B00010000,B00110000,B00010000,B00010000,B00010000,B00010000,B00010000,B00111000},
{B00111000,B01000100,B00000100,B00000100,B00001000,B00010000,B00100000,B01111100},
{B00111000,B01000100,B00000100,B00011000,B00000100,B00000100,B01000100,B00111000},
{B00000100,B00001100,B00010100,B00100100,B01000100,B01111100,B00000100,B00000100},
{B01111100,B01000000,B01000000,B01111000,B00000100,B00000100,B01000100,B00111000},
{B00111000,B01000100,B01000000,B01111000,B01000100,B01000100,B01000100,B00111000},
{B01111100,B00000100,B00000100,B00001000,B00010000,B00100000,B00100000,B00100000},
{B00111000,B01000100,B01000100,B00111000,B01000100,B01000100,B01000100,B00111000},
{B00111000,B01000100,B01000100,B01000100,B00111100,B00000100,B01000100,B00111000},
{B00111000,B01000100,B01000100,B01000100,B01000100,B01000100,B01000100,B00111000}};
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
const int digitLength = sizeof(digits)/8;
int digit1_index, digit2_index; bool startCount;
//================================================================================
void setup()
{ 
  for(int k=0; k<4; k++)
  {
    disp.shutdown(k, false);
    disp.setIntensity(k, 8);
    disp.clearDisplay(k);
  }
  //----------------------------------
  attachInterrupt(0,ISR_count,RISING);
}
//================================================================================
void ISR_count()
{
  startCount = !startCount;
}
//================================================================================
void loop()
{
  startCount = false; digit1_index = 0; digit2_index = 0;
  //-----------------------------------------------------
  tiny85Disp();
  //-----------------------------------------------------
  if(startCount == true)
  {
    clearDisp();
    digitCount();
  }
}
//================================================================================
void digitCount()
{
  //display digit 0 at address 1
  disp.setRow(1,0,B00111000);
  for(int counter=1; counter<7; counter++) disp.setRow(1,counter,B01000100);
  disp.setRow(1,7,B00111000);
  //------------------------------------------------------------------------
  while(1)
  {
    if(startCount == false)
    {
      disp.clearDisplay(1); break;
    }
    //---------------------------------------------------
    displayDigit1(digits[digit1_index]);
    delay(250);
    disp.clearDisplay(2);
    //---------------------------------------------------
    if(++digit1_index >= digitLength) digit1_index = 0;
    if(digit1_index >= digitLength-1)
    {
      displayDigit2(digits[digit2_index]);
      if(++digit2_index >= digitLength) digit2_index = 0;
    }
  }
}
//================================================================================
void displayDigit1(const byte* image)
{
  for(int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
  {
    for(int j = 0; j < 8; j++) disp.setLed(2, i, j, bitRead(image[i], 7 - j));
  }
}
//================================================================================
void displayDigit2(const byte* image)
{
  for(int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
  {
    for(int j = 0; j < 8; j++) disp.setLed(1, i, j, bitRead(image[i], 7 - j));
  }
}
//================================================================================
void clearDisp()
{
  for(int k=0; k<4; k++) disp.clearDisplay(k);
}
//================================================================================
void tiny85Disp()
{
  //T
  disp.setRow(0,1,B01111100);
  disp.setColumn(0,3,B01111110);
  //i
  disp.setColumn(0,7,B01011110);
  //n
  disp.setRow(1,3,B01111000);
  disp.setColumn(1,1,B00011110);
  disp.setColumn(1,4,B00011110);
  //y
  disp.setColumn(1,6,B01110010);
  disp.setColumn(1,7,B00010010);
  disp.setColumn(2,0,B00010010);
  disp.setColumn(2,1,B01111110);
  //8
  disp.setColumn(2,4,B01101110);
  disp.setColumn(2,5,B10010001);
  disp.setColumn(2,6,B10010001);
  disp.setColumn(2,7,B10010001);
  disp.setColumn(3,0,B01101110);
  //5
  disp.setColumn(3,2,B11110001);
  disp.setColumn(3,3,B10010001);
  disp.setColumn(3,4,B10010001);
  disp.setColumn(3,5,B10010001);
  disp.setColumn(3,6,B10001110);
}

Posted 9th June 2021 by Anas Kuzechie Projects

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