i tried this code on a seven segment display.
this is an adaptation from this place-// Arduino and 7 Segment LED
but the problem comes to when i want to enter a number through Serial port, the code executes very late and then sends a value "-38" to the serial port.
please help
// Define the LED digit patters, from 0 - 9
// Note that these patterns are for common cathode displays
// For common anode displays, change the 1's to 0's and 0's to 1's
// 1 = LED on, 0 = LED off, in this order:
// Arduino pin: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8
byte seven_seg_digits[10][7] = { { 1,1,1,1,1,1,1 }, // = 0
{ 1,0,0,1,1,1,1 }, // = 1
{ 0,0,1,0,0,1,0 }, // = 2
{ 0,0,0,0,1,1,0 }, // = 3
{ 1,0,0,1,1,0,0 }, // = 4
{ 0,1,0,0,1,0,0 }, // = 5
{ 0,1,0,0,0,0,0 }, // = 6
{ 0,0,0,1,1,1,1 }, // = 7
{ 0,0,0,0,0,0,0 }, // = 8
{ 0,0,0,1,1,0,0 } // = 9
};
void setup() {
pinMode(2, OUTPUT);
pinMode(3, OUTPUT);
pinMode(4, OUTPUT);
pinMode(5, OUTPUT);
pinMode(6, OUTPUT);
pinMode(7, OUTPUT);
pinMode(8, OUTPUT);
pinMode(9, OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(9600);
writeDot(0); // start with the "dot" off
}
void writeDot(byte dot) {
digitalWrite(9, dot);
}
void sevenSegWrite(byte digit) {
byte pin = 2;
for (byte segCount = 0; segCount < 7; ++segCount) {
digitalWrite(pin, seven_seg_digits[digit][segCount]);
++pin;
}
}
void loop() {
if(Serial.available()){
char a=Serial.read();
byte count=byte(a);
Serial.println(a);
Serial.println(count-48);
sevenSegWrite(count-48);
delay(4000);
}
}
PS- Sorry for the spellings 