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Altera_Forum
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14 years ago7 segment question
hi all
im doing a project on vhdl and using cyclone III and part of it is to use the 7 segment display. i know how to do it the simple way but is there any component that can be used as a decoder connected to the ssd?6 Replies
- Altera_Forum
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--- Quote Start --- If you have a 4-bit register, or say a Qsys system with a PIO component, and you connect those 4-bits to the hex_display input, and the hex_display output to the 7-segment display, then when you write 0, 1, 2, 3, .. E, F, the display shows the corresponding hex values. Cheers, Dave --- Quote End --- thanks man, i'll try to do it, it sounds good. - Altera_Forum
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--- Quote Start --- Hi there, do you think of a hardware component like the 4511 CMOS IC or the 74141? (so called BCD to 7-segment decoder) The benefit could be, that the I/F between the FPGA and the 7-segment reduces to 4Bits rather 7Bits and the current for the 7-Segment is by the driver IC rather being an I/O current of the FPGA. (But these are all benefits that came to my mind..) --- Quote End --- thanks man, i know the 4511 but im looking for a component within the FPGA like lpm or ff that does the same as 4511. - Altera_Forum
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--- Quote Start --- thanks dude but what you have is the way i know, where u do the decoding urself. what i mean is a component that when the input is "0000" gives u the output "1000000" and so on. --- Quote End --- If you have a 4-bit register, or say a Qsys system with a PIO component, and you connect those 4-bits to the hex_display input, and the hex_display output to the 7-segment display, then when you write 0, 1, 2, 3, .. E, F, the display shows the corresponding hex values. Cheers, Dave - Altera_Forum
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Hi there,
do you think of a hardware component like the 4511 CMOS IC or the 74141? (so called BCD to 7-segment decoder) The benefit could be, that the I/F between the FPGA and the 7-segment reduces to 4Bits rather 7Bits and the current for the 7-Segment is by the driver IC rather being an I/O current of the FPGA. (But these are all benefits that came to my mind..) - Altera_Forum
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thanks dude
but what you have is the way i know, where u do the decoding urself. what i mean is a component that when the input is "0000" gives u the output "1000000" and so on. - Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
--- Quote Start --- im doing a project on vhdl and using cyclone III and part of it is to use the 7 segment display. i know how to do it the simple way but is there any component that can be used as a decoder connected to the ssd? --- Quote End --- Here's one for you. Cheers, Dave