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PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 12:14 pm 
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Just a random project that I've been working on / shamelessly stole from Doug Gabbard

It takes 8 input lines and converts them into 2 digit hexadecimal display using an ATF22V10C.

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Apparently this should have been possible using an ATF16V8 (which is half the price) but the only source I could find was in Russian. Both need a clock to select which digit is being displayed. I'm using a 555 timer at 300Hz.

I used a TL866 II programmer and XG Pro version 12.01 to program it. Yes. Really. that link is legit. Yes, the version of XG Pro does matter though it only has to be later than version 5 or something.

I used WinCUPLto recompile my modified versions of Doug's original files. All I did was re-order the output pins to be a little more PCB friendly and added an output enable for both digits.

Tested with an ATF22V10C-5JX and an ATF22V10C-10SU. In theory the '22V10 needs a fast rising clock so I ran my 555 timer (with a rise time of about 150ns) through a Schmitt triggered buffer but in the end it worked fine without it. The LEDs I'm using are common cathode Kingbright KCDC03-123s and they have got to be some of the nastiest soldering I've done (the pins are pitched 1.5mm instead of the usual 1.27mm that would have just fitted on an adapter PCB).

You can find the source here in my github repo or just use the attached .jed file.

I find this way more understandable for debugging what is going on on a bus compared to using an 8 LED bar. I hope it's useful to someone!


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And ... I forgot to attach the schematic...
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And the .jed file wouldn't attached so I've zipped it up and attached it here.


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Nice one,
funny, just a week ago, i have done this, too. (viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7284#p94683) Without enable. But with the possibility to use the dot with two more inputs.

I think dual hex with the 16v8 is a little bit more complicated, because you will need 2 digit outputs. There is the possibility to use one common cathode and one common anode display, so you can use only one pin for the digit selection. I'll tried this, too, but I could not reduce the number of terms for segment A,C and E to 8. That's why I gave up at some point and went for the 22V10.
(https://github.com/willie68/WCPLD/blob/ ... small.wpld)

Code:
Pin Variable                                    Pterms   Max     Min   
Pol   Name              Ext     Pin     Type     Used   Pterms  Level   
--- --------            ---     ---     ----    ------  ------  -----   

    A                           15       V        10      8       4     
    AADD                        0        F        -       -       -     
    AIA                         2        V        -       -       -     
    AIB                         3        V        -       -       -     
    AIC                         4        V        -       -       -     
    AID                         5        V        -       -       -     
    B                           17       V        8       8       4     
    BADD                        0        F        -       -       -     
    BIA                         6        V        -       -       -     
    BIB                         7        V        -       -       -     
    BIC                         8        V        -       -       -     
    BID                         9        V        -       -       -     
    C                           16       V        9       8       4     
    CLK                         1        V        -       -       -     
    D                           14       V        7       8       4     
    E                           18       V        9       8       4     
    F                           13       V        8       8       4     
    G                           12       V        1       8       4     
    OEAB                        19       V        1       8       4     
    OUTPUT                      0        F        -       -       -   

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Ha, :mrgreen:, a little research and I found the solution for using 16V8.
The trick is to do the equations with negative logic instead of positive logic and then later invert the output pins. In our case, there are fewer terms. Imagine using a common anode display. At 0 the LED lights up, at 1 it doesn't. (Afterwards we can simply flip the polarity of the pin for our common cathode display.)
For the inverse case, there are simply far fewer equations.
Code:
/* *************** INPUT PINS *********************/
PIN  1 = CLK;
PIN  2 = AIA;
PIN  3 = AIB;
PIN  4 = AIC;
PIN  5 = AID;
PIN  6 = BIA;
PIN  7 = BIB;
PIN  8 = BIC;
PIN  9 = BID;

/* *************** OUTPUT PINS *********************/
PIN  19 = OEAB ;
PIN  18 = !E ;
PIN  17 = !B ;
PIN  16 = !C ;
PIN  15 = !A ;
PIN  14 = !D ;
PIN  13 = !F ;
PIN  12 = !G ;
/* ************* Declarations **********************/

FIELD AADD = [CLK,AID,AIC,AIB,AIA] ;
FIELD BADD = [CLK,BID,BIC,BIB,BIA] ;
FIELD OUTPUT = [A,B,C,D,E,F,G] ;

/********* EQUATIONS ****************/
OEAB = !CLK;
/* 7-Segment A */
TABLE AADD => OUTPUT {
'b'00000=>'b'00000011 ; /* 0 */
'b'00001=>'b'10011111 ; /* 1 */
'b'00010=>'b'00100101 ; /* 2 */
'b'00011=>'b'00001101 ; /* 3 */
'b'00100=>'b'10011001 ; /* 4 */
'b'00101=>'b'01001001 ; /* 5 */
'b'00110=>'b'01000001 ; /* 6 */
'b'00111=>'b'00011111 ; /* 7 */
'b'01000=>'b'00000001 ; /* 8 */
'b'01001=>'b'00011001 ; /* 9 */
'b'01010=>'b'00010001 ; /* A */
'b'01011=>'b'11000001 ; /* B */
'b'01100=>'b'01100011 ; /* C */
'b'01101=>'b'10000101 ; /* D */
'b'01110=>'b'01100001 ; /* E */
'b'01111=>'b'01110001 ; /* F */
}

/* 7-Segment B */
TABLE BADD => OUTPUT {
'b'10000=>'b'00000011 ; /* 0 */
'b'10001=>'b'10011111 ; /* 1 */
'b'10010=>'b'00100101 ; /* 2 */
'b'10011=>'b'00001101 ; /* 3 */
'b'10100=>'b'10011001 ; /* 4 */
'b'10101=>'b'01001001 ; /* 5 */
'b'10110=>'b'01000001 ; /* 6 */
'b'10111=>'b'00011111 ; /* 7 */
'b'11000=>'b'00000001 ; /* 8 */
'b'11001=>'b'00011001 ; /* 9 */
'b'11010=>'b'00010001 ; /* A */
'b'11011=>'b'11000001 ; /* B */
'b'11100=>'b'01100011 ; /* C */
'b'11101=>'b'10000101 ; /* D */
'b'11110=>'b'01100001 ; /* E */
'b'11111=>'b'01110001 ; /* F */
}

At the moment this is only theoretical, but after work, i can prove this with real hardware...
actual output from cupl:
Code:
Pin Variable                                    Pterms   Max     Min   
Pol   Name              Ext     Pin     Type     Used   Pterms  Level   
--- --------            ---     ---     ----    ------  ------  -----   

 !  A                           15       V        8       8       4     
    AADD                        0        F        -       -       -     
    AIA                         2        V        -       -       -     
    AIB                         3        V        -       -       -     
    AIC                         4        V        -       -       -     
    AID                         5        V        -       -       -     
 !  B                           17       V        6       8       4     
    BADD                        0        F        -       -       -     
    BIA                         6        V        -       -       -     
    BIB                         7        V        -       -       -     
    BIC                         8        V        -       -       -     
    BID                         9        V        -       -       -     
 !  C                           16       V        8       8       4     
    CLK                         1        V        -       -       -     
 !  D                           14       V        6       8       4     
 !  E                           18       V        8       8       4     
 !  F                           13       V        6       8       4     
 !  G                           12       V        1       8       4     
    OEAB                        19       V        1       8       4     
    OUTPUT                      0        F        -       -       -     

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willie68 wrote:
Nice one ...

I think dual hex with the 16v8 is a little bit more complicated, because you will need 2 digit outputs.

Thanks! yours too!

I went and dug up the Russian site where someone as managed to use an ATF16V8

And I see you've just posted the solution whilst I was typing this :D

Although I think, trying to decipher the link I posted, it looks like his version needs four timing (high) signals rather than two. I guess maybe that is controlling each of the four common pins individually to multiplex out a half of each digit every quarter time. Or something. [EDIT]Nope, that's not it. No idea why he has 4 enable signals.

I've settled on the '22V10 as it just works and they're about USD0.50 here at RS components 8)


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I built up a few hex displays a few years back for debugging purposes. I used a couple of 14495s and a 74xx574. They work pretty good.

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http://forum.6502.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5679#p69335

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willie68 wrote:
... but I could not reduce the number of terms for segment A,C and E to 8.

Try using the Quine-McCluskey minimization compiler option. I got the code to compile with that.


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BillO wrote:
I built up a few hex displays a few years back for debugging purposes. I used a couple of 14495s and a 74xx574. They work pretty good.
Cool! I must have run into the MC14495 at some time because the DigiKey link is purple in my browser. I don't remember ever looking at it or what it does though :shock:

Looking at the prices in I suspect I know why I didn't consider it. They're running R150 to R270 on Alibaba for a single IC whereas I can buy a (tube of) ATF22V10S-10s for R9 each. I'd love if they were cheaper (and available somewhere locally) it would have been so much easier than mucking around with programmable chips.

Speaking of available, I kinda wishsomeone would just sell a consumer bus debugging HEX display thing. It seems like a wheel that gets reinvented often.

I was thinking of a PCB very similar to yours but with VCC and GND moved to the top of the board so that they don't get in the way of anything else next to the bus pins. Something like this (still a work in progress):
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(I also put the clock on the board and have left and right version so I can place them side-by-side for a 16 bit number).


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Shameless plug as I believe this is very relevant to this thread: I have a YouTube series where I go through building such a module. Last episode was talking about the MC14495, and next episode will be talking about doing it with a 16V8. The ultimate goal is to show how to design the module below using an ATmega MCU.

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I usually get my MC14495 supply of an ebay seller that has been trustworthy over the years. I get them for about $2.00 CDN each.

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akohlbecker wrote:
Shameless plug as I believe this is very relevant to this thread: I have a YouTube series where I go through building such a module. Last episode was talking about the MC14495, and next episode will be talking about doing it with a 16V8. The ultimate goal is to show how to design the module below using an ATmega MCU.

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tmr4 wrote:
willie68 wrote:
... but I could not reduce the number of terms for segment A,C and E to 8.

Try using the Quine-McCluskey minimization compiler option. I got the code to compile with that.

No, tried every possible minimization code (0..4), but always got this:
Code:
Pin Variable                                    Pterms   Max     Min   
Pol   Name              Ext     Pin     Type     Used   Pterms  Level   
--- --------            ---     ---     ----    ------  ------  -----   

    A                           15       V        12      8       4     
    AADD                        0        F        -       -       -     
    AIA                         2        V        -       -       -     
    AIB                         3        V        -       -       -     
    AIC                         4        V        -       -       -     
    AID                         5        V        -       -       -     
    B                           17       V        12      8       4     
    BADD                        0        F        -       -       -     
    BIA                         6        V        -       -       -     
    BIB                         7        V        -       -       -     
    BIC                         8        V        -       -       -     
    BID                         9        V        -       -       -     
    C                           16       V        10      8       4     
    CLK                         1        V        -       -       -     
    D                           14       V        10      8       4     
    E                           18       V        8       8       4     
    F                           13       V        10      8       4     
    G                           12       V        10      8       4     
    OEA                         19       V        1       8       4     
    OUTPUT                      0        F        -       -       -     

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willie68 wrote:
No, tried every possible minimization code (0..4) ...

My mistake. I didn't realize your github code was already modified to the inverted form.


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akohlbecker wrote:
Shameless plug as I believe this is very relevant to this thread: I have a YouTube series where I go through building such a module. Last episode was talking about the MC14495, and next episode will be talking about doing it with a 16V8. The ultimate goal is to show how to design the module below using an ATmega MCU.

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Nice. Several years ago I try to do something like this on my own. But for me soldering SMD is not an option. The QFP should be Ok, but even with 1206 resistor I have already problems.dont think about 0805 or even 0603...

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akohlbecker wrote:
Shameless plug as I believe this is very relevant to this thread: I have a YouTube series where I go through building such a module. Last episode was talking about the MC14495, and next episode will be talking about doing it with a 16V8. The ultimate goal is to show how to design the module below using an ATmega MCU.
It was your video on building a HEX display that inspired me to build one for myself, big thanks for that!

I thought of using a Raspberry Pico but... a) it's quite big and b) it's sensitive to a slow rise or noise on its power input line which causes it to either not boot or crash. I also thought of using the RP2040 directly but it's beyond my ability to solder (or program without the Pico dev board).

The diode ROM mentioned in this thread is very appealing from the view that it only needs a soldering iron to build. No mucking with software compilers and programmers or programmer hardware.

willie68 wrote:
I think dual hex with the 16v8... (https://github.com/willie68/WCPLD/blob/ ... small.wpld)
Ultimately I'd like to use the ATF16V8BQL-15XU because it's only 6.6mm x 4.5mm and would fit on the back of the surface mount Kingbright displays I'm using (along with the '555). If anyone manages to get a dual hex display going with a '16V8 that'd be awesome but it's not a tangent I want to go off on as I'm already, like, three major tangents deep :roll:


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