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Practical No: 2

Aim: Displaying Time over 4-Digit 7-Segment Display Using Raspberry Pi

Hardware Required:
1. Raspberry Pi 3B+
2. Ethernet Cable
3. Monitor
4. HDMI to VGI converter (required only in case of VGA cable)
5. adapter with 5V/2A
6. USB mouse
7. USB keyboard
8. 16X2 LCD display

9. 4 Digit 7 Segment Display

Procedure:
1. Hardware Setup:

7 Segment Display Function Pin No Function/GPIO

GND Ground 14 GND

VCC + 5V Power 4 5V

CLK Clock 16 23

DI0 Data In 18 24

2. Software Setup and Program:

Step 1: Download Python Script -

In order to control the LED, using a special script with pre-defined functions.
Various functions are available in the script, for example, to display numbers
and adjust the intensity of the LEDs.

By - Prof. Bhakti Raut


Create a folder 4digitTime under /home/pi.

Download the script using wget command.

$ wget https://raspberrytips.nl/files/tm1637.py

Note:

1. This Script file contains some of the important functions, which are required to
add in our Python script.
2. Save the at the file same location (/home/pi/4digitTime )

Step 2: Write Python Script to display Time (e.g clock.py)

import sys
import time
import datetime
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import tm1637
#CLK -> GPIO23 (Pin 16)
#Di0 -> GPIO24 (Pin 18)

Display = tm1637.TM1637(23,24,tm1637.BRIGHT_TYPICAL)
Display.Clear()
Display.SetBrightnes(1)
while(True):

By - Prof. Bhakti Raut


now = datetime.datetime.now()
hour = now.hour
minute = now.minute
second = now.second
currenttime = [ int(hour / 10), hour % 10, int(minute / 10), minute % 10 ]
Display.Show(currenttime)
Display.ShowDoublepoint(second % 2)
time.sleep(1)

The above script needs the tm1637.py script to work, so place both files in the same
folder.

Script functions:
The clock script uses the following functions, defined in tm1637.py:
Display. Clear () - Clears the display if individual LEDs are still active.
Display.SetBrightnes(x) - After this you can adjust the brightness of the display, at least
0 and maximum 7.
Display. Show(x,x,x,x) - Show the actual 4 digits (digits), x can be 0 to 9.
Display.ShowDoublepoint (status) - Controlling the ':' between the second and third
digit, true (1) = on / false (0) = off.

To know more about TM1637 controller, check


http://www.microcontroller.it/english/Tutorials/Elettronica/componenti/TM1637.htm

Step 3: Start the script with following command

By - Prof. Bhakti Raut


To run the script in the background, you can use the following command:

By - Prof. Bhakti Raut

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