GROUP 4 –SEVEN SEGMENT DISPLAY

GROUP MEMBERS
1. Vincent Maina EB1/52843/21
2. Victor Kipkorir EBS1/33776/21
3. Emmanuel Cheruiyot EB1/56082/21
4. George Maina EB1/56031/21
5. Maria Kwamboka EB1/55303/21
6. Zeddy Ologi EB1/56139/21
7. Tony Kipkemboi EB1/56099/21
8. Graham Oyigo EB1/56445/21
9. Duncan Kibet EB1/56084/21
10. Charity Kamadi EB1/56132/21
11. Hosea Maganga EB1/40737/19
 SEVEN SEGMENT DISPLAY
a) Explain the operation and application areas of the component.
Application areas
Digital clocks, electronic meters, basic calculators.

Operation
A seven-segment display consists of seven long, thin LEDs arranged in the pattern of an
eight. Each segment is controlled individually so that any decimal digit can be displayed. To
make a digit appear, the user must know which segments to turn on and which to leave off.
For example; to display a ‘1’, we turn on segment b and c and leave the other segments off.
This means that the binary circuits dividing b and c would output 1 while binary circuits
dividing segments a, d, e, f and g would output 0. If binary inputs to the display are set to
a=1, b=1, c=0, d=1, e=1, f=0, g=1, a decimal ‘2’ would be displayed.

a a

f g b f b
g

e c e

d d
Displaying a ‘1’ Displaying a decimal ‘2’
b) Design a truth table of the component.

INPUTS HEXADECIMAL segments

A B C D VALUE a b c d e f g
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
0 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
0 1 0 1 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
0 1 1 0 6 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
0 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 0 0 1 9 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
1 0 1 0 A 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
1 0 1 1 B 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 0 0 C 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
1 1 0 1 D 0 1 1 1 1 0 1
1 1 1 0 E 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 F 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
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A)

CD
00 O1 11 10
AB

00 1 0 1 1
01 0 1 1 1
11 X X X X
10 1 1 X x

R2 R3

R4 R1

R1=C R2= B̅ D̅ R3=A R4 = BD

EQUATION

C+B̅ D̅ +A+BD
C+A+B⊕̅D
B)
CD
00 O1 11 10
AB

00 1 1 1 1
01 1 0 1 0
11 X X X X
10 1 1 X x

R3 R2 R1
R1=B̅ R2= CD R3=C̅D̅
EQUATION
=B̅ +CD+C̅D̅
=B̅ +C⊕D
C)

CD
00 O1 11 10
AB

00 1 1 1 0
01 1 1 1 1
11 X X X X
10 1 1 X x

R1 R2 R3

R1=C̅ R2 =D R3 =B
EQUATION
B+C̅+D

D)

CD
00 O1 11 10
AB

00 1 0 1 1
01 0 1 0 1
11 X X X X
10 1 1 X x

R2 R4 R1
R5 R3

R1=CD̅ R2=B̅ D̅ R3=B̅ C R4=BC̅D R5=B̅ C

EQUATION

=B̅ D̅+A+CD̅ +BC̅D+B̅ C

E)

CD
00 O1 11 10
AB

00 1 0 0 1
01 0 0 0 1
11 X X X X
10 1 0 X x

R2 R1

R1=B̅ D̅ R2=CD̅
EQUATION

=B̅ D̅+CD̅

F)

CD
00 O1 11 10
AB

00 1 0 0 0
01 1 1 0 1
11 X X X X
10 1 1 X x

R3 R4 R1 R2
R1=A R2=C̅D̅ R3=BD̅ R4=BC̅

EQUATION
A+C̅D̅+BD̅ +BC̅
G)

CD
00 O1 11 10
AB

00 0 0 1 1
01 1 1 0 1
11 X X X X
10 1 1 X x

R3
R1 R4 R2

R1=A R2=BC̅ R3=B̅ C R4=CD̅

EQUATION

A+BC̅+B̅ C+C̅
=A+B⊕C+CD̅
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Seven digital b
A logic circuits c One output for
B d
C are for each each segment
e
D output f
g

A B C D