Seven Segment Display

A small app to practice "programming" a seven segment one digit display via binary commands.

Preview

Segment Encoding

• Segment a: 00001
• Segment b: 00010
• Segment c: 00011
• Segment d: 00100
• Segment e: 00101
• Segment f: 00110
• Segment g: 00111
• All segments: 11111

Command Structure

Each command consists of 6 bits:

• The first bit (0 or 1) determines whether to deactivate (0) or activate (1) the segment.
• The next 5 bits specify which segment to target using the encoding above.

Command Examples

1. Activate segment a: 100001
   • 1 (activate) + 00000 (segment a)
2. Deactivate segment d: 000100
   • 0 (deactivate) + 00011 (segment d)
3. Activate segment g: 100111
   • 1 (activate) + 00110 (segment g)

Full Example Program

To activate segments a, b, c, and d and then deactivate them:

Turn on segments a, b, c, and d:

• Activate a: 100001
• Activate b: 100010
• Activate c: 100011
• Activate d: 100100

Turn off segments a, b, c, and d:

• Deactivate a: 000001
• Deactivate b: 000010
• Deactivate c: 000011
• Deactivate d: 000100

Full Binary Program

100001
100010
100011
100100
000001
000010
000011
000100

Turning all segments on / off:

• Turn all on: 111111
• Turn all off: 011111

Possible characters