7-SEG RGB click

7-SEG RGB click carries a full-color single 7 segment digit display. The click is designed to run on either 3.3V or 5V power supply. It communicates with the target microcontroller over the CS, and PWM pin on the mikroBUS™ line.

The click can be connected in a chain, in order to display a larger number of characters. Unlike with conventional 7 segment displays, you will be able to use multiple colors on the display.

Display features

Each segment has R, G, B LEDs that can be adjusted in 255 steps and therefore 16,581,375 color combinations are available for each segment of the digit on the display.

Also, the ability to control the brightness of all the LED's is driven at 255 steps. It should be noted that the brightness values above 80 should rarely be used.

Specifications

Pinout diagram

This table shows how the pinout on 7-SEG RGB click corresponds to the pinout on the mikroBUS™ socket (the latter shown in the two middle columns).

Notes	Pin					Pin	Notes
	NC	1	AN	PWM	16	PWM	Data input
	NC	2	RST	INT	15	NC
Write enable (active low)	CS	3	CS	TX	14	NC
	NC	4	SCK	RX	13	NC
	NC	5	MISO	SCL	12	NC
	NC	6	MOSI	SDA	11	NC
Power supply	+3.3V	7	3.3V	5V	10	+5V	Power supply
Ground	GND	8	GND	GND	9	GND	Ground

Jumpers and settings

Programming

Code examples for 7-SEG RGB click, written for MikroElektronika hardware and compilers are available on Libstock.

Code snippet

The following code snippet writes the numbers 1, 2 and 3 in green, red and blue colors on 7-SEG RBG click.

01 #define ONE     0x06
02 #define TWO     0x5B
03 #define THREE   0x4F
04 sbit CS_BIT at GPIOD_ODR.B13;
05 sbit RGB_CONTROL_BIT at GPIOA_ODR.B0;
06 void systemInit()
07 {
08     GPIO_Digital_Output( &GPIOD_BASE, _GPIO_PINMASK_13 );
09     GPIO_Digital_Output( &GPIOA_BASE, _GPIO_PINMASK_0 );
10 }
11 void RGB_7_SEG_Init()
12 {
13     RGB_CONTROL_BIT = 0;
14     CS_BIT = 0;
15 }
16 void RGB_7_SEG_Task()
17 {
18     setSevenSegment(ONE,40,0,0);
19     Delay_ms(1000);
20     setSevenSegment(TWO,0,40,0);
21     Delay_ms(1000);
22     setSevenSegment(THREE,0,0,40);
23     Delay_ms(1000);
24 }
25 void main()
26 {
27     systemInit();
28     RGB_7_SEG_Init();
29     while( 1 )
30     {
31         RGB_7_SEG_Task();
32     }
33 }

Downloads

 LibStock: 7-SEG RGB click library