7 segment and Push Button Display Letters

[chocobo1921]

Hi, I'm trying to create a program where it displays "AbC" one at a time. For every keypress of button 1 it should cycle from A->b->C and go back to A. For button 2, it is the opposite of button 1, from C->b ->A. button 1 and button 2 can be pressed anytime. For example, If the current display is “A” pressing button 2 would display “C” then pressing button 1 will display it back to “A” and so forth. Button 3 is used to blank the display and reset the operation.

The problem that I encounter is that when I press the button 1 it will cycle only once through Abc then it will not cycle again it is just stuck to last letter and won't change and same for the button 2..And also I cant change the letter if I press between button 1 and button 2

5-5 CODES.txt (2.17 KB)

[groundFungus]

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[chocobo1921]

int pins[] = {12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6};
int buttonINP[] = {A0, A1, A2};
int i = 0;
int j = 0;



int sevState = 0; //Start Blank Display
int sevState1 = 0;
int sevState2 = 0;

int buttonOldA0 = 1; 
int buttonNewA0;

int buttonOldA1 = 1;
int buttonNewA1;

int buttonOldA2 = 1;
int buttonNewA2;



void displayLetter( int value)
{
   
  digitalWrite(12, bitRead(value,6)); 
  digitalWrite(11, bitRead(value,5)); 
  digitalWrite(10, bitRead(value,4)); 
  digitalWrite(9, bitRead(value,3));  
  digitalWrite(8, bitRead(value,2));  
  digitalWrite(7, bitRead(value,1));  
  digitalWrite(6, bitRead(value,0));  
  
}  




void setup()
{
  for(i=0; i<7; i++)
  {
   pinMode(pins[i], OUTPUT);
  }
  for(j=0; j<4; j++)
  {
   pinMode(buttonINP[j], INPUT);
  }
   
}


void loop()
{
  
  buttonNewA0 = digitalRead(A0);
  buttonNewA1 = digitalRead(A1);
  
  if(buttonOldA0 == 0 && buttonNewA0 ==1)
  {
  		if(sevState1 == 0)
        {
         			//abcdefg C
     	displayLetter(B1001110);
        sevState1 = 1;
    
        }
    
    	else if (sevState1 == 1)
        {
        			 //abcdefg b
     	displayLetter(B0011111);
        sevState1 = 2;
        }
    
    	else if (sevState1 == 2) 
        {
        			 //abcdefg A
     	displayLetter(B1110111);;
        sevState = 3;
        }
  
  }
  
  buttonOldA0 = buttonNewA0;
  
  
  
  
  
  if(buttonOldA1 == 0 && buttonNewA1 ==1 && buttonOldA0 == 1)
  {
  		if(sevState1 == 0)
        {
         			//abcdefg C
     	displayLetter(B1001110);
        sevState1 = 1;
    
        }
    
    	else if (sevState1 == 1)
        {
        			 //abcdefg b
     	displayLetter(B0011111);
        sevState1 = 2;
        }
    
    	else if (sevState1 == 2) 
        {
        			 //abcdefg A
     	displayLetter(B1110111);;
        sevState = 3;
        }
  
  }
  
  buttonOldA1 = buttonNewA1;
  
  
  
  
  
  
  if(buttonOldA2 == 0 && buttonNewA2 ==1)
  {
  		if(sevState2 == 0)
        {
         			 //abcdefg blank
     	displayLetter(B0000000);
        sevState = 1;
        }
    
  }
  
  buttonOldA2 = buttonNewA2;
 
}

[RudolfAtRTC]

My suggestion: First implement the function of button 1! The 3 codes for the characters (A, b, C) belong in an array that is addressed with an index 0 ... 2. The index must be extrapolated modulo 3.
If that works, do (almost) the same with button 2, the index must then be decremented and set back to 2 at -1.

[johnwasser]

Once you change sevState1 to 3 there is no 'if' statement to make that state do anything. Perhaps you should go back to sevState1=0; instead of sevState1=3;