Raj over at Embedded Lab has just finished a new project article about a serial seven segment LED display shield: Seven segment LED displays are brighter, more attractive, and provide a far viewing distance as well as a wider viewing angle compared to LCD displays. This project describes a serial seven segment LED display shield for […]
Tag Archives: LED Display
ESP8266 LED display
Evan writes: This is my proof-of-concept for using mqtt with the esp8266. I saw this LED display sitting around and I couldn’t imagine why no one was using it, the answer was no one knew how to talk to it. Easy, I think. Looking at the board it’s just an 8031, a serial level shifter, […]
YALEDD! 16×16 LED display
Andrew Rossignol has written an article detailing his YALEDD – 16×16 LED display project: The class was instructed to choose a simple circuit such as an LED flasher or a simple sequential state machine composed of discrete logic, capture the schematic, layout the PCB and have it made by the end of the term. I decided that […]
Simple Propeller GPS status display
If you’ve ever wanted to know how many GPS satellites are receivable at your location here’s a good beginneer’s Propller project that provides the answer. Its a GPS status display project Nick Ernst developed written in SPIN code and using a Propeller Mini Board, VPN11513 GPS Receiver, shift register and 7-Segment LED display. “The Propeller […]
Interfacing Arduino with an HP LED display from the ’70s
John demonstrates how to interface a vintage LED display with the Arduino. The display in question is a HP 5082-745 model, found in calculators, and other products from this manufacturer in the ’70s. Using the display is very easy – kudos to the engineers at HP for making a simple design that could be reusable […]