Experiment No.

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BCD TO 7-SEGMENT DECODER/DRIVER

Name Date : Sept. 12, 2018

Course/ Year BSECE Rate :
Section 55109

I.OBJECTIVES

1. To learn about various applications of decoder

2. To learn and understand the working of IC 7447
3. To learn about types of seven-segment display

II. THEORY:

The Light Emitting Diode (LED) finds its place in many applications in
these modern electronic fields. One of them is the Seven Segment Display.
Seven-segment displays contains the arrangement of the LEDs in “Eight” (8)
passion, and a Dot (.) with a common electrode, lead (Anode or Cathode). The
purpose of arranging it in that passion is that we can make any number out of that
by switching ON and OFF the particular LED's. Here is the block diagram of the
Seven Segment LED arrangement.

The Light Emitting Diode (LED), finds its place in many applications in this
modern electronic fields. One of them is the Seven Segment Display. Seven-
segment displays contains the arrangement of the LEDs in “Eight” (8) passion,
and a Dot (.) with a common electrode, lead (Anode or Cathode). The purpose of
arranging it in that passion is that we can make any number out of that by
switching ON and OFF the particular LED's. Here is the block diagram of the
Seven Segment LED arrangement.

LED’s are basically of two types-

Common Cathode (CC) -All the 8 anode legs uses only one cathode, which is
common.

Common Anode (CA)-The common leg for all the cathode is of Anode type.

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.

III. MATERIALS

IC7447
7-Segment display (common anode)
Patch chords
resistor (1K_)
IC Trainer Kit/ Bread board
Power Supply

IV. PROCEDURE

1. Check all the components for their working.

2. Insert the appropriate IC into the IC base.
3. Make connections as shown in the circuit diagram.
4. Verify the Truth Table and observe the outputs.

V. DATA SHEET
SIMULATION ( Note: Show the simulation of each output)
VI. CONCLUSION
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VII. RECOMMENDATION
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VIII. QUESTIONS

1. What are the different types of LEDs?

  Through-hole LEDs
These are available in different shapes and sizes and the most common
ones being 3mm, 5mm and 8mm LEDs.

 SMD LEDs (Surface Mount Light Emitting Diodes)

Surface Mount or SMD LEDs are a special packages that can be easily
surface mount on a PCB. SMD LEDs are usually differentiated based on their
physical dimensions.

 Bi-color LEDs
The next type of LEDs are Bi-color LEDs, as the name suggests, can emit
two colors. Bi-color LEDs have three leads, usually two anodes and a common
cathode. Depending on the configuration of the leads, the color will be activated.

 RGB LED (Red – Blue – Green LED)

RGB LEDs are the most favorite and most popular LEDs among hobbyists
and designers. Even computer builds are very popular for implementing RGB
LEDs in Computer Cases, Motherboards, RAMs, etc.
 RGB LED contains 3 LEDs on a single chip and by a technique called
PWM (Pulse Width Modulation), we can control the output of the RGB LED to
produce a wide range of colors.

 High – Power LEDs

An LED with power rating greater than or equal to 1 Watt is called a High
Power LED. This is because, normal LEDs have a power dissipation of few mill
watts.
High – Power LEDs are very bright and are often used in Flashlights, Automobile
Headlamps, Spotlights, etc.
Since the power dissipation of High – power LEDs is high, proper cooling and
usage of heat sinks is required. Also, the input power requirement for these LEDs
will be usually very high.

2. Draw the internal circuit diagram of an LED.

3. What are the applications of LEDs?

 General purpose lighting luminaires (including LED)
 Electric and electric hybrid vehicles
 Appliances
 Electrical devices
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Professor