Hey guys I am a noob when it comes to Arduino and C++ but I am learning so bear that in mind if I sound like one because like I said I am haha. Im a junior studying Mechanical Engineering but not very experienced in programming. Anyways I have this 4 Digit LED display and I was wondering if someone could guide me in the right direction on how to set it up. There are a lot of tutorials up online that I have looked at but none of them use this particular LED display or any similar. It would be nice If I could get this one to work with my arduino instead of having to buy a new one because I own quite a few of them.
Basically what I want to do is have the Display read/display analog values from a distance sensor which I already know how to do. So if anyone could help with what connects to what, what the code should look like etc that would be AWESOME.
Here is the LED:
Anyways sorry if it is hard to understand what i am trying to do but hopefully someone can help me.
Thanks.
I have seen those but they only help me if I am using the super cricket micro controller not the arduino. I was more wondering if in its current configuration I could use it with the Arduino.
I am sure you can - send the same data the cricket sends.
to display :n
bsend $110
bsend 0
bsend high-byte :n
bsend low-byte :n
end
So you would have the Arduino send out:
$110, 0 high-byte, low-byte
From the FAQ page http://handyboard.com/cricket/faq/
It would appear that 9600 would work.
Give this a try:
Serial.print ("$110");
Serial.print ("0");
Serial.print ("01");
Serial.print ("02");
or perhaps:
Serial.write ($110);
Serial.write (0);
Serial.write (01);
Serial.write (02);
CrossRoads:
I am sure you can - send the same data the cricket sends.
to display :n
bsend $110
bsend 0
bsend high-byte :n
bsend low-byte :n
end
So you would have the Arduino send out:
$110, 0 high-byte, low-byte
From the FAQ page http://handyboard.com/cricket/faq/
It would appear that 9600 would work.
Give this a try:
Serial.print ("$110");
Serial.print ("0");
Serial.print ("01");
Serial.print ("02");
or perhaps:
Serial.write ($110);
Serial.write (0);
Serial.write (01);
Serial.write (02);
As I stated bear with me here and remember all your help is very appreciated. But how should I have those 4 wires connected? usually black is ground, then there is one for power which I connect to the 5V pin on the Arduino but what about the other two? these question may seem dumb actually I am sure they are but its just confusing.