so, i am new to the world of electronics. i have a few questions too. i need to connect a 0832 sure red led board to a duemilanove. i know i need m-f data plugs/cables what ever their called. what are they called because i need to buy them/ where can i buy them? also how do i need to hook to hook it up, what pin to what pin? . thanks in advance.
,Zac
Zac,
This instructable http://www.instructables.com/id/Building-a-Wise-Clock-in-a-cardboard-box/
shows how to connect an Arduino (compatible) to the 0832 LED display. It uses the ribbon cable that comes with the display.
Thank you, so i should just cut the end of the cable off and strip the correct wires? the what becaus ethe duemilanove has 1 row of 16 female ports, not like the wiseduino were its just a peice of metal to solder on to, also i dont have a solder gun/solder. so what do i do, i see what ports the wire should go to. but what do i do to connect the wires into the ports?
You don't need to solder the wires of the cable directly to your Arduino. Use 5 wires to connect the female header of the ribbon cable with the female header of your Arduino. The article tells you what pins to connect. make sure those same pins are used in the sketch.
How would i go about securing the wires into the the port?
Use the thick(er) wires that are normally used with breadboards. Both the connector from the ribbon cable and the Arduino headers can act as breadboards in this case. You can do as shown in this video: Wise4Sure - Wise Clock (Arduino-based) with LED display from Sure - YouTube
So, correct me if im wrong you are saying plug the ribbon wire (intact) into the led board, then put a wire (non stranded) fromt he other end of the ribbon into the correct port of the arduino, that sems simple enough. 
You got it my friend.
Thank You!!!!! Your a life(project) saver <3<3<3 XD XD XD XD how would i secure the wires to the femal end of the cable, and the arduino ports, because its going into a helmet and may be jostled around, duct tape?
Well, this changes the facts a little bit. In this case, use the approach of the BookClock: cut the ribbon cable and solder the wires to a male header, which then gets plugged into the female header of Arduino (if you want to keep your Arduino pristine). Otherwise, to be as solid as possible, pull out the female headers, desolder the pins, then solder the wires in place. Guaranteed no contact-related glitches.
Again thank you. I am into the coding process. when coding should i have the ledboard connected or not?
Strictly speaking, since coding is the process of writing code, you don't even need an Arduino or the LED display. It is better to have these two connected when you want top test that your code actually works.
If you want to scroll characters, you can get some inspiration from the code in the instructables.com article.
alright, im trying the code "Hello world" from your blog. but i get some weird errors.
hello_world.cpp: In function 'void ht1632_writebits(byte, byte)':
hello_world:83: error: 'amp' was not declared in this scope
hello_world:83: error: expected `)' before ';' token
hello_world:83: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world:86: error: 'else' without a previous 'if'
hello_world:90: error: 'gt' was not declared in this scope
hello_world:90: error: expected primary-expression before '=' token
hello_world.cpp: In function 'void ht1632_sendcmd(byte)':
hello_world:104: error: 'lt' was not declared in this scope
hello_world:104: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world:105: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world.cpp: In function 'void ht1632_clear()':
hello_world:122: error: 'lt' was not declared in this scope
hello_world:122: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world:123: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world:124: error: expected `)' before ';' token
hello_world:124: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world:125: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world:127: error: expected `)' before ';' token
hello_world:127: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world.cpp: In function 'void ht1632_senddata(byte, byte)':
hello_world:143: error: 'lt' was not declared in this scope
hello_world:143: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world:144: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world:145: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world.cpp: In function 'void ht1632_setup()':
hello_world:168: error: 'lt' was not declared in this scope
hello_world:168: error: expected `)' before ';' token
hello_world:168: error: name lookup of 'i' changed for new ISO 'for' scoping
hello_world:168: error: using obsolete binding at 'i'
hello_world:168: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world.cpp: In function 'void ht1632_putchar(int, int, char)':
hello_world:185: error: 'lt' was not declared in this scope
hello_world:185: error: expected `)' before ';' token
hello_world:185: error: 'gt' was not declared in this scope
hello_world:185: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world:189: error: 'else' without a previous 'if'
hello_world:196: error: 'lt' was not declared in this scope
hello_world:196: error: expected `)' before ';' token
hello_world:196: error: name lookup of 'row' changed for new ISO 'for' scoping
hello_world:196: error: using obsolete binding at 'row'
hello_world:196: error: expected `;' before ')' token
hello_world:340: error: expected `}' at end of input
and it highlights the code
if (bits & firstbit) {
do you know what this error means. i couldn't figure out what it is. or do you know a soultion to this eror
"&" is the HTML for the character "&". You may have tried to cut and paste from an HTML page.
You should rather download the while zip from here:
http://code.google.com/p/wiseclock2/downloads/detail?name=BookClock.zip&can=2&q=
You would need to harvest only the code for scrolling though (that code also references RTC, EEPROM).
where would i find these peices of code? in the book clock.pde. also can i just start realy simple and just turn on 1 led at a time? like is there a sample code for turning on 1 led, say co-ordiante 0,0. i know, from reading the code from milesburton that it would be something like (0, 0, value). can you help me?