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The document outlines an experiment conducted at the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati focused on understanding seven-segment displays, including their types (Common Anode and Common Cathode) and operation using the IC7447 decoder. It includes objectives, required components, an introduction to the displays, a procedure for setting up the experiment, and a truth table for displaying decimal numbers. Additionally, it features pre-test and post-test questions to assess understanding of the concepts presented.

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Expt 03

The document outlines an experiment conducted at the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati focused on understanding seven-segment displays, including their types (Common Anode and Common Cathode) and operation using the IC7447 decoder. It includes objectives, required components, an introduction to the displays, a procedure for setting up the experiment, and a truth table for displaying decimal numbers. Additionally, it features pre-test and post-test questions to assess understanding of the concepts presented.

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TIRUPATI

Digital Systems Lab (EE206P)


Experiment No:03
Objective:
1. To know about the seven-segment display and its types.
2. To identify whether the given seven-segment display is Common Anode(CA) type or Common
Cathode(CC) type and also will verify the working condition of the same.
3. To set up and test a 7-segment static display system to display numbers from 0 to 9 using
IC7447.
Lab Pre-test:
1. Binary coded decimal is a combination of________
a) Two binary digits
b) Three binary digits
c) Four binary digits
d) None of the Mentioned
2. What display is used in portable digital devices, such as watches or solar-powered calculators?
a) Incandescent light
b) LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
c) LED (Light Emitting )
d) Vacuum fluorescent
3. Code is a symbolic representation of __________ information
a) Continuous
b) Discrete
c) Binary
d) None of the Mentioned
4. When a special group of symbols represents numbers, letters, or words, this process is
called____________.
a) Decoding
b) Encoding
c) Coding
d) None of the mentioned
Required Components and Equipment:
1. IC: 7447 BCD/decimal decoder
2. Seven-Segment Display
3. Bread Board
4. Resistors : 330 Ω, 1 kΩ
5. Connecting Wires
6. DC-regulated power supply

Introduction:
The seven-segment display is the most common device for displaying digits and the alphabet. You
can see the seven-segment display devices in TV shows counting down to ‘0’. The use of LEDs in
seven-segment displays made it more popular. The binary information can be displayed in the form
of decimals using this seven-segment display. Its wide range of applications is in microwave ovens,
calculators, washing machines, radios, digital clocks, etc.
Types of seven-segment displays
1. Common Anode (CA) seven-segment display
In the common anode type, all the anodes of 8 LEDs are connected to the common terminal and
cathodes are left free as shown in Figure 1. Thus, in order to glow the LED, these cathodes have to
be connected to the logic ‘0’ and anode to the logic ‘1’. In order to display zero on this segment one
should enable logic high on a, b, c, d, e, and f segments and logic low on segment ‘g’.

Note: In order for a segment to light up, the corresponding cathode terminal will be grounded
and the common anode terminal is provided with +5V source voltage.

Figure 1. Common anode seven-segment display

2. Common Cathode (CC) seven-segment display


As the name indicates cathode is the common pin for this type of seven segments and the remaining
8 pins are left free as shown in Figure 2. Here, a logic low is applied to the common pin and a logic
high to the remaining pins. In order to display the digit ‘0’ on seven-segment, segments a, b, c, d, e,
and f are applied with logic high, and segment ‘g’ is applied with logic low.

Note: In order for a segment to light up, the corresponding anode terminal will be provided
with +5V source voltage and the common cathode terminal will be grounded.
Figure 2. Common cathode seven-segment display

BCD to 7-segment Driver or Decoder:


A decoder is a combinational circuit that connects the binary information from ‘n’ input lines to a
maximum of 2n unique output lines. The IC7447 is a BCD to 7-segment pattern converter. The
IC7447 takes the Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) as the input and outputs the relevant 7-segment
code. I.e The input to the decoder is a number from 0 through 9 in BCD and the output provides the
seven inputs required to drive the seven-segment display.

Figure 3. IC 7447 and its function descriptions


(BI) ′/ (RBO) ′ is wire-AND logic serving as blanking input (BI ) ′ and/or ripple-blanking output
(RBO ) ′. The blanking out (BI ) ′ must be open or held at a HIGH level when output functions 0
through 15 are desired, and ripple-blanking input (RBI ) ′ must be open or at a HIGH level if
blanking or a decimal 0 is not desired. X = input may be HIGH or LOW. When a LOW level is
applied to the blanking input (forced condition) all segment outputs go to a HIGH level regardless of
the state of any other input condition. When ripple-blanking input (RBI) ′ and inputs A0, A1, A2,
and A3 are LOW level, with the lamp test input at a HIGH level, all segment outputs go to a HIGH
level and the ripple-blanking output (RBO ) ′ goes to a LOW level (response condition). When the
blanking input/ripple-blanking output (BI)′ / (RBO)′ is open or held at a HIGH level, and a LOW
level is applied to the lamp test input, all segment outputs go to a LOW level. The below truth table
shows the functional description of the IC 7447 in tabular form.
Circuit Diagram to Display BCD Numbers on 7-Segment

Figure 4.

Procedure:

1. Check all the components for their working.


2. Insert the appropriate IC into the IC base or breadboard.
3. Make connections as shown in Figure 4.
4. Create the truth table describing the function of a BCD to a seven-segment decoder according
to the configuration of your display. The lower case letters, a-g, represent the segments on the
display, while the upper case letters A0-A3 represent the BCD input. Note that the output of
the decoder is active-low.
5. Verify the truth table created and observe the corresponding output on the 7-segment display.
Truth Table:
Decimal

BCD Inputs 7-segments Outputs number

display

A3 A2 A1 A0 a b c d e f g

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 1

0 0 1 0 2

0 0 1 1 3

0 1 0 0 4

0 1 0 1 5

0 1 1 0 6

0 1 1 1 7

1 0 0 0 8

1 0 0 1 9

Precautions:
1. Connections must be tight on the breadboard.
2. Identify the pins of the IC properly.
3. Take care while removing and inserting the IC on the breadboard.
Lab Post-test:
1. Which of the following is the range of digits a 7-segment display can display?
a) 0-8
b) 1-8
c) 1-9
d) 0-9

2. In a common cathode type 7-segment configuration the negative terminals are connected to
____?
a) Common pins
b) Ground
c) VCC
d) None of the above

3. Which of the following segments are enabled in a 7-segment display when a digit ‘0’ is
displayed on the screen?
a) a,b,c,d,e,f
b) a,b,c,d,e,f,g
c) a,b,c,d
d) a,b,c

4. Which input is/are true input into the 7447 decoder IC is causing the 7-segment LED
display to read decimal numbers?
a) 1001, 9
b) 0011, 3
c) 0001, 1
d) All of the above are correct

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