#!/usr/bin/python import RPi.GPIO as GPIO from time import sleep GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD) # Define Pins # These segments define the LED that will be on or off (High/Low) segmentA = 16 segmentB = 18 segmentC = 38 segmentD = 36 segmentE = 15 segmentF = 12 segmentG = 22 segmentH = 40 # These digits define which of the seven segment displays will be used (in this case we are using a 6 digit multi-display) digit1 = 7 digit2 = 11 digit3 = 13 digit4 = 29 digit5 = 31 digit6 = 33 # Set up Pins GPIO.setup(segmentA,GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(segmentB,GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(segmentC,GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(segmentD,GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(segmentE,GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(segmentF,GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(segmentG,GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(segmentH,GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(digit1,GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(digit2,GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(digit3,GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(digit4,GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(digit5,GPIO.OUT) GPIO.setup(digit6,GPIO.OUT) # Define functions # Turn on an individual LED Segment # Called by display() # Param: segmentList - A list of individual LED segments to turn on # digitList - A list of displays in the range 1-6 to display the value on def turnOn(segmentList, digitList) : # Provide common Annode to the display chosen (1 through 6) for x in digitList : whichDigit = 'digit' + str(x) GPIO.output(eval(whichDigit),GPIO.LOW) # Light up the individual segments that will produce the value passed for x in segmentList : whichSegment = 'segment' + x GPIO.output(eval(whichSegment),GPIO.HIGH) return # Turns off the individual LED Segments # Called by display() # Param: segmentList - A list of individual LED segments to turn off # digitList - A list of displays in the range 1-6 to turn off def turnOff(segmentList, digitList) : # Turn off the display by bringing the common Annode to high for x in digitList : whichDigit = 'digit' + str(x) GPIO.output(eval(whichDigit),GPIO.HIGH) # Turn off the individual LED segment by bringing the LED to low for x in segmentList : whichSegment = 'segment' + x GPIO.output(eval(whichSegment),GPIO.LOW) return # Calls turnOff() to reset the display, then turnOn() to light up the correct data # Called by multiplex() to turn on an particular value for one or multiple of the displays # Param: whichNumber - The value to be displayed # whichDigit - A list of segments in the range 1-6 to display the value def display(whichNumber,whichDigit) : # Turn off all segments on all digits (Start from a clean slate) turnOff(['A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H'],[1,2,3,4,5,6]) # Turn on the appropriate segments for the value passed (whichNumber) on each of the digits defined in whichDigit if (whichNumber == 0) : turnOn(['A','B','C','D','E','F'], whichDigit) elif (whichNumber == 1) : turnOn(['B','C'], whichDigit) elif (whichNumber == 2) : turnOn(['A','B','D','E','G'], whichDigit) elif (whichNumber == 3) : turnOn(['A','B','C','D','G'], whichDigit) elif (whichNumber == 4) : turnOn(['B','C','F','G'], whichDigit) elif (whichNumber == 5) : turnOn(['A','C','D','F','G'], whichDigit) elif (whichNumber == 6) : turnOn(['A','C','D','E','F','G'], whichDigit) elif (whichNumber == 7) : turnOn(['A','B','C'], whichDigit) elif (whichNumber == 8) : turnOn(['A','B','C','D','E','F','G'], whichDigit) elif (whichNumber == 9) : turnOn(['A','B','C','D','F','G'], whichDigit) elif (whichNumber == 10) : turnOn(['H'], whichDigit) return # Calls display() to turn on a sequence of values. This is a wrapper function to loop through multiple different values # Param: whichValue - A list of (list of (value and (list of digits))) def multiplex(whichValue) : # 500 times through the loop gives a long enough amount of time to read the display for x in range(1,500) : # Loop through the various values to be displayed for value in whichValue : # value[0] is the actual value to be displayed and value[1] is the list of digits to display the value on display(value[0],value[1]) # We need a fast refresh so that the change/swap is not visible to the human eye sleep(0.001) return # Run the sucker # Dots are represented by the number 10 multiplex([ [1,[1]], [9,[2]], [2,[3]], [10,[3]], [1,[4]], [6,[5]], [8,[6]], [10,[6]] ]) GPIO.cleanup()