ZeroSeg [Discontinued] Reviews

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“This also illustrates how to add the dot to a digit someone asked for above #!/usr/bin/env python import time import ZeroSeg.led as device from datetime import datetime led = device.sevensegment(cascaded=2) led.brightness(0) now = datetime.now() month = now.month day = now.day hour = now.hour minute = now.minute led.letter(1, 8, day // 10) led.letter(1, 7, day % 10 ) led.letter(1, 6, month // 10) led.letter(1, 5, month % 10, True) led.letter(1, 4, hour // 10) led.letter(1, 3, hour % 10) led.letter(1, 2, minute // 10) led.letter(1, 1, minute % 10 ) while True: time.sleep(0.1) now = datetime.now() if now.minute != minute: minute = now.minute led.letter(1, 1, minute % 10) led.letter(1, 2, minute // 10) if now.hour != hour: hour = now.hour led.letter(1, 3, hour % 10) led.letter(1, 4, hour // 10) if now.day != day: day = now.day led.letter(1, 7, day % 10) led.letter(1, 8, day // 10) month = now.month if now.month != month: month = now.month led.letter(1, 5, month % 10, True) led.letter(1, 6, month // 10)”

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Posted 8 years ago

“A great gizmo and it does the job I needed it for. Has anyone any suggestions as to how to use the "dot" next to the unit digit as opposed to having it's own segment. I don't want it flashing as in a time display. I just want a tidy fixed dot as decimal point for a temperature. I have been all around various ideas but noting seems to work!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Thoroughly enjoyed building and tinkering with this project. The soldering wasn't too bad - just take your time and complete each step in order. Make sure you download the latest updates from Github - they have now added text display to the code! I've made a date, time display that then shows the number of days till Christmas. As I'm a bit of a news freak, it then scrapes the latest tweets from @BBCBreakingNews and scrolls them across the screen. Well, you can't have too much of a good thing! One point - is it me or is the board the 'wrong way round'? If it was the unit could be positioned on it's side with the power outlet etc. at the top. As it is, it's on the bottom - I have to perch it on the edge of a ledge to use it!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Sticking my neck out here. Love the ZeroSeg but to hold the IC socket I used a drop of Superglue in the centre. Doesn't seem to cause a problem so I assembled a 40 pin connector to a Pi Zero using the same technique. Again no problems after a whole 48 hours. It may be a disaster but £5.00 is a cheap learning curve. 1 will report back in ten years:))”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Nice kit with good instructions- great value.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Nice little display”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Instructions are thorough and straightforward, and nothing beats red LED numbers! This is a great little kit.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Arrived quickly in good order. Assembled nicely. Software installed & working. 5.19 vDC on supply pins of MAX7219CNG IC, but not even one blink. Same results on 2 ea Mod 2 RPis and on a Mod 3. I'll order 2 chips locally (I like spares!) and send a happier review with a picture of it working. Well designed assembly!! DBM”

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Posted 8 years ago