diagram circuit

A digital dice circuit can be easily realised using an astable oscillator circuit followed by a counter, display driver and a display. Here we have used a timer NE555 as an astable oscillator with a frequency of about 100 Hz. Decade counter IC CD4026 or CD4033 (which-ever available) can be used as counter-cum-display driver. When using CD4026, pin 14 (cascading output) is to be left unused (open), but in case of CD4033, pin 14 serves as lamp test pin and the same is to be grounded.

Digital Dice With 7-Segment Display Circuit diagram

The circuit uses only a handful of components. Its power consumption is also quite low because of use of CMOS ICs, and hence it is well suited for battery operation. In this circuit two tactile switches S1 and S2 have been pro-vided. While switch S2 is used for initial resetting of the display to ‘0,’ depression of S1 simulates throwing of the dice by a player. 

When battery is connected to the circuit, the counter and display section around IC2 (CD4026/4033) is energised and the display would normally show ‘0’, as no clock input is available. Should the display show any other decimal digit, you may press re-set switch S2 so that display shows ‘0’. To simulate throwing of dice, the player has to press switch S1, briefly. This ex-tends the supply to the astable oscillator configured around IC1 as well as capacitor C1 (through resistor R1), which charges to the battery voltage. Thus even after switch S1 is released, the astable circuit around IC1 keeps producing the clock until capacitor C1 discharges sufficiently. Thus for du-ration of depression of switch S1 and discharge of capacitor C1 thereafter, clock pulses are produced by IC1 and applied to clock pin 1 of counter IC2, whose count advances at a frequency of 100 Hz until C1 discharges sufficiently to deactivate IC1. 

When the oscillations from IC1 stop, the last (random) count in counter IC2 can be viewed on the 7-segment display. This count would normally lie between 0 and 6, since at the leading edge of every 7th clock pulse, the counter is reset to zero. This is achieved as follows. 

Observe the behavior of ‘b’ segment output in the Table. On reset, at count 0 until count 4, the segment ‘b’ output is high. At count 5 it changes to low level and remains so during count 6. However, at start of count 7, the output goes from low to high state. A differentiated sharp high pulse through C-R combination of C4-R5 is applied to reset pin 15 of IC2 to reset the output to ‘0’ for a fraction of a pulse period (which is not visible on the 7-segment display). Thus, if the clock stops at seventh count, the display will read zero. There is a probability of one chance in seven that display would show ‘0.’ In such a situation, the concerned player is given an-other chance until the display is non-zero. 

Note.  Although it is quite feasible to inhibit display of ‘0’ and advance the counter by ‘1,’ the same makes the circuit somewhat complex and there-fore such a modification has not been attempted. 

 

 

 

Source by : Streampowers

This charming little circuit is a genuine four-digit running-text display, complete with a Christmas / New Year’s greeting. Naturally, any competent programmer can easily arrange to have a different text scroll across the display. The associated soft-ware, including the source code, can be downloaded from the Free Downloads section of our website or obtained from Readers Services on diskette (order number 020365-11).

As can be seen from the schematic, the hardware consists of little more than an AT90S1200 microcontroller, a 4-digit LED display and a 5-V voltage regulator. The only external circuitry needed by the microcontroller consists of a reset circuit and a 4-MHz crystal, and the remainder of the components are limited to a few decoupling capacitors.

In the prototype model, an Osram SLO2016 display module was used. Although this four-digit module measures only 10×20 mm, it provides an especially clear and bright display. In order to give the 7805 voltage regulator sufficient ‘breathing room’, the supply voltage should be at least 8 V. A standard 9-V mains adapter should thus be perfectly adequate. The supply voltage does not have to be stabilised, and the adapter does not have to provide an especially large amount of current, since the running-text display draws scarcely more than 50 mA.

Author : R. van Arem - Copyright : Elektor