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Construction - 7-Segment Board
Setup
Although this portion of the project took place right after finalizing the layout of the board, I decided to include it at the end so that the mainboard's construction would be read in an uninterrupted fashion. The wiring for this board was greatly reduced by directly connecting the 7-Segment's pins to the connector's pins.
Making sure the offset from the bottom board was correct
Bent connector pins for a makeshift surface mount topology
Direct connections from 7-Segment to connector
Decimal Output
Decided to go with the single dot layout instead of the ubiquitous colon appearance
Minimal wiring
Tutorial Navigation
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- 1Introduction
- 2Design - Overall View
- 3Design - Clock and Reset Signal Generation
- 4Design - Seconds and Minutes
- 5Design - Hours and Time Convention Change
- 6Design - The Interconnections Between the Counter Stages
- 7Design - BCD and 7-Segment Decoding/Display
- 8Design - Frequency Modulation
- 9Design - User Input
- 10Design - Layout and Materials
- 11Construction - General Board Layout
- 12Construction - Power, Clock Source, and Reset
- 13Construction - Seconds, Minutes, and Hours
- 14Construction - Decoders and Output
- 15
- 16Evaluation - Pictures 1
- 17Evaluation - Pictures 2
- 18Evaluation - Analysis and Acknowledgments
- 19Information - Schematics, Datasheets, and other items if applicable
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