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Hello,

This is is my first post here, and I thought I'd drop in with a nice problem(well not really).

Let me start by saying that im quite sure it must be something I am doing wrong. So if someone can poke a hole in what I've made then that be great.

What I am trying to do is hook up a couple of HDSP 2111 display to the arduino, with the intent to use this as a NAV/AP display(Nav1, Nav2, HDG/CRS, ALT, VS) for Flightsimulator(X, 2004).

I followed the NYC resistor tutorial and the Jos van Dijk tutorial:

http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/05/30/working-with-the-hdsp-2111/
http://www.josvandijken.nl/elektronica_HP_HDSP-2111.php

From this onward I added a HCT595N serial-in parallel-out shiftregister.

So far so good. Then I tried hooking up a serial connection via python(with pyserial and fsuipc, python extension from the SDK). This started given trouble(filled up block chars in the display).

So, to confirm the output was OK I hooked up the shiftregister to a bank of 8 LED's. As it turned out all the LED lit up as soon as I tried to display any of the serial data. Then I tried to show just a single character(pre defined) if any came in on the serial connection. The Arduino LED showed inbound activity but alas, again all the LED's burned bright.

So, just to make sure I wasnt crazy(heh..) I decided to do a simple loop to 255 and shift that out to the LED's. This worked fine, as long as I DONT do it in the loop() function(it works in setup(), or start() etc.).

I was a bit stumped since it didnt make any sense, to confirm it wasnt something in the code I copied it into its own script and compiled/uploaded that one. This didnt solve the problem. So right now im a bit stuck. I am sure it must be something that I am doing since the original example(josvandijk link) that I used worked perfectly(scrolling text). Right now I can only show a frequency or a heading in the setup() code. Any update during the loop() will either blank the display or show random characters.

This is the code I am using to control the display:

Code:

/*
Demo Code for HDSP-2111
Jos van Dijken
www.josvandijken.nl
28 april 2012

Based on the code from:
Matt Joyce < matt at nycresistor.com >
Mark Tabry
*/

int RST = A0;
int WR = A1;
int CE = 10;
int RD = 11;
int AD0 = A2;
int AD1 = A3;
int AD2 = A4;
int AD3 = A5;
int DS = 0; //shiftregister datapin
int ST_CP = 1; //shiftregister storageclock(latch)
int SH_CP = 2; //shiftregister shiftclock(data polling)

void setup()
{
pinMode(RST , OUTPUT); //reset pin, init on startup
pinMode(WR , OUTPUT);
pinMode(CE , OUTPUT);
pinMode(RD , OUTPUT);
pinMode(AD0 , OUTPUT); // data register selection // these 4 pins allow one to select a data register.
pinMode(AD1 , OUTPUT); // data register selection
pinMode(AD2 , OUTPUT); // data register selection
pinMode(AD3 , OUTPUT); // data register selection
pinMode(DS, OUTPUT); //shift register serial in
pinMode(ST_CP, OUTPUT); //shift register storage pin(latch)
pinMode(SH_CP, OUTPUT); //shift register clock pin(clock)
digitalWrite(CE, HIGH); // chip enable, go low before wr. go high after wr
digitalWrite(WR, HIGH); // write enable, go low to start write, go high when done.
resetDisplay();
delay(1000);
start();
Serial.begin(9600);

}

void resetDisplay()
{
digitalWrite(RST, LOW);
delayMicroseconds(1);
digitalWrite(RST,HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(150);
digitalWrite(AD3, HIGH);
}

void writeDisplay(char *input)
{
for (int i=0; i<8; i++)
{
// below bit(AD0,1,2) is setting the correct display character index(i)
digitalWrite(AD0, (1&i)!=0?HIGH:LOW); // bitwise AND[&] comparator(meaning both bits of 1 and i needs to be 1 to give true(set bit in result as 1).
digitalWrite(AD1, (2&i)!=0?HIGH:LOW);
digitalWrite(AD2, (4&i)!=0?HIGH:LOW);
delay(1);
digitalWrite(CE, LOW);
delay(1);
digitalWrite(WR, LOW);
delay(1);
digitalWrite(ST_CP, LOW);
delay(1); //allow the display to retrieve the values set to the D pins(PORTD)
shiftOut(DS, SH_CP, MSBFIRST, input[i]);
delay(1);
digitalWrite(ST_CP, HIGH);
delay(1);
digitalWrite(WR, HIGH);
delay(1);
digitalWrite(CE, HIGH);
delay(100);
}
}

void start()
{
char intro[] = "360 310";
writeDisplay(intro);
delay(100);

for(int i = 0; i < 256; i++)
{
Serial.print(i);
digitalWrite(ST_CP, LOW);
delay(1); //allow the display to retrieve the values set to the D pins(PORTD)
shiftOut(DS, SH_CP, MSBFIRST, i);
delay(1);
digitalWrite(ST_CP, HIGH);
delay(100);
}
}

void loop()
{

}

And this is the code I am using for the test(copy'ed from other file).

Code:

int DS = 0; //shiftregister datapin
int ST_CP = 1; //shiftregister storageclock(latch)
int SH_CP = 2; //shiftregister shiftclock(data polling)

void setup()
{
pinMode(DS, OUTPUT); //shift register serial in
pinMode(ST_CP, OUTPUT); //shift register storage pin(latch)
pinMode(SH_CP, OUTPUT); //shift register clock pin(clock)
Serial.begin(9600);
start();
}

void start()
{
for(int i = 0; i < 256; i++)
{
Serial.print(i);
digitalWrite(ST_CP, LOW);
delay(1); //allow the display to retrieve the values set to the D pins(PORTD)
shiftOut(DS, SH_CP, MSBFIRST, i);
delay(1);
digitalWrite(ST_CP, HIGH);
delay(100);
}
}

void loop()
{

}

This is the schematic created in eagle:

And a photo of the current setup. The only thing changed are that the wite and orange wires now lead to the red LED's.

I have been trying to figure out what is wrong for the last 2 days, and im quite sure im missing something.

I hope the image size doesnt exceed a limit, I tried looking up the rules for that. Alas. If it is a problem I will fix it, got to go in a few minutes though.

I am using a Arduino Duemilanove.