Good afternoon! I am a long time reader of this community and a first time poster.
I have resurrected A project i started when i first began using an Arduino. I am trying to optimize my logic, however i am slightly stuck with trying to properly scroll text across 4 seven-segment displays (adafruit 7segment display). 5s example of operation shown here(photos also attached): - YouTube
I am trying to implement a delay with the scroll in order to give the user time to read. The PCB has an "option" button to scroll through menus and a "Sync" button. The Sync Button synchronizes my circuit when pressed first, or is used as an "Enter" Button when the option menu is accessed (Option > 0);
I would like the text (SOLAR CURRENT) to begin scrolling when the 2nd option is selected. If the user hits "Sync/Enter" (before the text is finished scrolling), the text should disappear and the The current measurement from the solar cell will then be displayed (Option == 2 && Sync == 1).
Here is the relevant section of the old code (works):
#define S B01101101 // letter definitions for the 7 segment display;
#define O B00111111
#define L B00111000
#define A B01110111
#define R B00110001
#define BLANK B00000000
#define C B00111001
#define U B00111110
#define E B01111001
#define N B00110111
#define T B01111000 // "SOLAR CURRENT"
#include <Wire.h>
#include "Adafruit_LEDBackpack.h"
Adafruit_7segment matrix = Adafruit_7segment();
int k = 1;
int p = 0;
main{
if(Option == 2){ //k is used to set the OptionCount once
if(k == 1){
OptionCount = millis();
k++;
}
if(((millis() - OptionCount) > 5000) && (Sync == 0)){ //break if 5 sec passed w/o pressing enter
Option = 0;
k = 0;
}
if(((millis() - OptionCount) > 10000) && (Sync == 1)){ // If enter, show for 10s
Option = 0;
k = 0;
Sync = 0;
}
if(((millis() - OptionCount) < 250) && (Option == 2) && (Sync == 0)){
matrix.writeDigitRaw(0,S);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(1,O);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(3,L);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(4,A);
matrix.writeDisplay();
}
if(((millis() - OptionCount) > 500) && ((millis() - OptionCount) < 750) && (Option == 2) && (Sync == 0)){
matrix.writeDigitRaw(0,O);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(1,L);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(3,A);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(4,R);
matrix.writeDisplay();
}
if(((millis() - OptionCount) > 750) && ((millis() - OptionCount) < 1000) && (Option == 2) && (Sync == 0)){
matrix.writeDigitRaw(0,L);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(1,A);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(3,R);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(4,BLANK);
matrix.writeDisplay();
}
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if(((millis() - OptionCount) > 2750) && ((millis() - OptionCount) < 3000) && (Option == 2) && (Sync == 0)){
matrix.writeDigitRaw(0,R);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(1,E);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(3,N);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(4,T);
matrix.writeDisplay();
}
if((Sync == 1) && (Option == 2)){ // if enter pressed, sample current
if(p == 0){
ChargeCount = millis(); //Timer for delay of displayed current. similar to OptionCount
sample.current();
p++;
}
if((millis() - ChargeCount) > 250){
Display current()
p = 0;
}
This is what im working with now (currently using serial for testing). I have since spent a few hours before pressing "post" and have made changes to my current code (shown below) and it appears to function. Given this, can anyone give a suggestion to a more compressed solution? I'm trying to 1.) simplify as much as possible, and 2.) Learn.:
char* Solar[] = {" ", " ", " ", "S", "O", "L", "A", "R", " ", "C", "U", "R", "R", "E", "N", "T", " ", " ", " " };
int SolarSize = 15;
int ScrollDelay = 250;
int i = 0;
int Timer;
int Enter = 1;
int Option = 2;
int Sync = 0;
int Begin = 1;
void solarScroll(){
for(;((millis() - Timer) > ScrollDelay*(i)) && (i < (SolarSize+1));i++){
Serial.print(Solar[i]);
Serial.print(Solar[i+1]);
Serial.print(Solar[i+2]);
Serial.println(Solar[i+3]);
//Serial.println(i);
}
}
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
if(Option == 2){
if(Begin > 0){ // Statement to initialize "Timer" Once.
Timer = millis();
Begin--; // Prevents this statement from being entered until Option returns to 0;
//Serial.println("Timer Initialized"); //debug
}
if(Sync < 1){ // Sync == "Enter", which has not been pressed;
solarScroll();
}else{
Enter = 2; //Doubles time spent in Option 2 via "if" statement below
//sampleCurrent();
//displayCurrent();
}
if(((millis() - Timer) > (ScrollDelay*((SolarSize+1)*Enter)))){
Option = 0; // Return to main
Sync = 0;
Enter = 1;
i = 0; //Reset i count for SolarScroll
Begin++; // Begin back to 1 in order to set Timer when accessed again
Serial.println("Resetting Option to 0"); //debug
}
}
if((millis() - Timer) > ScrollDelay*(SolarSize+2)){
Option = 2; //Returns us to Option 2 in order to test exit and re-entry;
Serial.println("Returning Option to 2"); //debug
}
}
I should mention that this is only working with Serial and not with the display. my main issue that still stands is writing the binary values to the display. I have defined letters after testing to find these associations between the 7 segment LEDs and the binary values to illuminate them:
2^0 = a; 2^1 = b; 2^2 = c; 2^4 = d; 2^8 =e; 2^16 = f; 2^32 =g;
Therefore, I wrote these definitions:
#define A B01110111
#define C B00111001
#define E B01111001
#define L B00111000
#define N B00110111
#define O B00111111
#define R B00110001
#define S B01101101
#define U B00111110
As shown in the first code. I show this because i would like to add the address of my defined letters to an array(Direct Addressing?), where i can then run a loop to display the characters. I cant get this to work.
Example:
Array[] = {S, O, L,A,R,BLANK,C,U,R,R,E,N,T);
for(....{
matrix.writeDigitRaw(0,Solar[i+0]);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(0,Solar[i+1]);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(0,Solar[i+2]);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(0,Solar[i+3]);
matrix.writeDisplay();
}
This is all i have working currently:
int Solar[] = {1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,57,62,49,49,121,55,120,0,0,0};
for(...{
matrix.writeDigitRaw(0,Solar[i+0]);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(1,Solar[i+1]);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(3,Solar[i+2]);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(4,Solar[i+3]);
matrix.writeDisplay();
Where the array values are the defined binary values written in decimal.
Thanks for your input!
SolarTextScrollSerial.ino (1.49 KB)
