Scrolling 14 Segment Display

Gorilla

I am trying to make a scrolling display using kingbright .56" common anode 14 segment alphanumeric displays.

I have 4 anodes connected to pins 0-3 on the mainio and the 14 cathodes connected to 0-13 on the auxio

I need a little help with the code.

Ravenkallen

We probably can't be of much help, until we know more about the display. Is it a single digit/character display or is it more than that? What kind of communication does the display use? Is it a simple alphanumeric display?

Gorilla

I am using Kingbright Common Anode .56 inch 7 segment displays.

I have written a program to display the message "I Love You" on the displays.

However I have run into a problem and need help.

View this video

http://s1090.photobucket.com/albums/i372/meeagorilla/Basic%20Stamp%20Projects/?action=view&current=VID00012-20101011-0211.mp4

When the message gets to the word love and the word You it is so fast that it doesn't stay on the display long enough! If I increase the pause time the refresh rate goes down, if I decrease the pause time the refresh rate increases and persistence of vision allows us to see the word love as a complete word but it only lasts on the display for a second. I need help holding the word love on the display long enough to be viewable!

Ravenkallen

Try putting the whole word "Love" in a For-Next so that it will repeat the message several times and then after a certain time interval it will exit the loop and move on to the next word. Maybe something like this(This is not real code)


do
For var = 0 to 200
{Add your code for the word "I" here}
next
var = 0
For var = 0 to 200
{Add your code for the word "love" here}
next
var = 0
For var = 0 to 200
{add your code for the word "you" here}
next
loop

The For-next loop should last long enough so you can see the words appear. You will have to work on the timing for the display