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Altera_Forum
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9 years ago

7 Segment display

Is there a way to choose a certain seven segment display and disable the other 7 on the DE2-115 board. For example is it possible to put a statement like SSEG <= "11111110" which would disable all of...
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8 years ago

To answer your last question first, the 'dp' may not be connected up on the DE2-115 board - I don't remember off hand but that's certainly the case for some Dev boards. This may explain why it's missing from the pinout.

As for the code - use 'a_to_g' as an intermediate signal. Create a new output that feeds the display. Assuming 'SEL' is one bit of your previously mentioned 'SSEG' signal, use it in a different way, with a conditional statement to determine what to do: 

if SEL = '1' then
  a_to_g_to_display <= a_to_g;
else
  a_to_g_to_display <= "1111111";   -- your code reminds me these display segments are ON when pin is driven LOW
end if;

Place the above code in a combinatorial process triggered by 'SEL' & 'a_to_g'.

I can't comment on the 'SW', 'an' or 'LD0' signals - it's not clear what they're for...

Cheers,

Alex