Chapter 10.4 - Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard - Practical Tutorial

1. Now, as we told earlier, remove all your connections as shown in the following image.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

2. Place your 7 Segment LED display as shown in the following image. Make sure it is in the center.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

3. Connect Pin no 3 of 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display to VCC lane of breadboard.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

4. When you look at the circuit from above, it will look something like shown in the below image.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

5. Now connect the Pin no 8 of 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display to Vcc lane of breadboard.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

6. Now, just tally your bread board connection with the following image and cross check your connections.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

7. Connect A pin of 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display to Port 2.0 or Pin no 21 of 8051 Microcontroller.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

8. Here is a closer view of the connection. Recheck it with the following given bread board connection.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

9. Connect B pin of 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display to Port 2.1 of 8051 Microcontroller.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

10. Now Connect Pin C of 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display to the Port 2.2 Of 8051 Microcontroller.

  

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

11. Don't get confused by the connection, here is the closer picture of the connection.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

12. And here is the look from front of the connection. Try to make it clean like shown in the given below image.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

13. Now Connect Pin D of 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display to Port 2.3 of 8051 Microcontroller.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

14. Here is the closer view of the whole setup.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

15. Now, connect the Pin E of 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display to Port 2.4 of 8051 Microcontroller.

  

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

16. Here is the closer look of the connection. Just cross check it and move further.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

17. Now Connect Pin F of 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display to Port 2.5 of 8051 Microcontroller.

  

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

18. Now Connect Pin G of 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display to Port 2.6 of 8051 Microcontroller.

  

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

19. Here is the closer look at the connection.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

20. From above, the circuit will look something like shown in the below image.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

21. Now Connect the Pin 'DP' of 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display to the Port 2.7 of 8051 Microcontroller.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

22. Here is the more closer view of the whole connection. Make sure you cross check the connection from the circuit diagram and below given bread board connection.

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

23. Now, Program the microcontroller and give it power supply and see the magic.

  

Interfacing 7 Segment(Common Anode) LED Display with 8051 Microcontroller on Breadboard

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