Dual Temperature sensors with LED Displays

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Dual Temperature sensors with LED Displays

Postby rwigs » Wed May 09, 2012 1:13 pm

Hello world!

OK, I am an electronics and Arduino newbie, but I know programming. So I am hoping to be able to do this project with a little assistance.

What I want to do is monitor the temperature of electric motors on my son's power wheel truck and display the temperature on a 3 digit 7 segment display for each motor.

Right now I have an Arduino Uno,two TMP36 sensors, 2 3 digit 7 segment displays, and 2 MAX7219CNG display drivers. Now that I have read further, I believe I will have to replace the displays I have because they are common anode and from what I have now read I need common cathode displays.

I have put together the code to read the temperature readings from both TMP36 sensors and display them in the serial monitor. Now I need to get them to display on the LED displays.

So, my question is does anyone have a recommendation for displays that work easily with the MAX7219 and any drawings/pics of the wiring setup?

Thanks so much in advance!
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Re: Dual Temperature sensors with LED Displays

Postby rwigs » Tue May 22, 2012 2:14 pm

Just in case anyone is curious, I figured it out and have it working. I went with ID 766 displays for this project. I set the 2 displays up to be driven off the one MAX7219 chip. Works great!
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