Build a HUGE 7-Segment Display!

[@zwicknagel]

Hi! I like your project! The only thing I would change is the depth of the base. Three cm instead of only one cm - that makes your light inside smoother and the leds fill out the hole top. the leds are not so spotty! :)

[@NearEDGE]

I would say to do this design, but with an actual diffusing sheet. Instead of printing out white caps, just print out the same design but with a very large hole to allow a diffuser to be cut to size and glued in. It will do a much better job of spreading the light out evenly

[@christvedt3852]

Looking good dude! Make the whole 4 digit clock now! :D Been waiting to see the results from ur 3D printing on Insta. Looks awesome in the dark! :)

[@engineerish]

Chris Tvedt thank you! Haha yepp that’s the next step I will get crackin’ on ;)

[@TheRealStructurer]

I like the clean design and that it's very modular so can be printed even on smaller printers. Music was also nice, but bro, you need to adjust your volume between you talking and the music 😉

[@JeremyCook]

Clever attachment method.

[@yandyyay]

i love the design and the thiness, but i feel it neds more leds / better diffusion, would make a great wall clockk

[@MikeysLab]

This is awesome, hook it up to a NodeMCU, use an NTP server, build a self setting clock!, or I will lol :)

[@MikeysLab]

Actually, any objection to me doing that on my channel lol, will of course cite you in the video :)

[@johnvodopija]

Superb project! Thank you for sharing you ideas 👍😎🇦🇺

[@queenidog1]

Good video (funny at times...). Excellent job. I'm going to make this, maybe use 5 LEDs to get light into the corners. Thanks. Gotta go print some bases.

[@GavinRemme]

This is awesome!!!

[@ragraphicsartsigncompany7245]

Very nice and warm project. Please sir can you do video on petrol station 7 segment price display with led pixel?

[@KiwiMaker]

Did you make the clock!? Nice work, it looks pretty legit, maybe just a little more diffusing on the leds.

[@codingquotes-programmerlif4849]

So cool, love it 😎

[@tomgray7049]

WOW, that is cool. Thank you. I can't wait to build one. The music thou was hard on the ears, especially the bass popin, sorry.

[@engineerish]

Tom Gray 🙌 thx for the feedback, I’ll remember it for the next video!

[@gabilumina]

Hello, you can also sell segments for a watch that displays the hour, minutes and seconds or if you want to send the code for printing thank you in advance You are cool

[@DrakeDragsaw]

quality content, my friend subbed!

[@engineerish]

Much appreciated!

[@DaveyRaaijmakers]

Great video men

[@fearcityfpv7037]

Be neat to have this flash your houses address. ....put a light sensor on it so it only comes on at night.

[@keonscorner516]

0:11 what is the opposite word of light up

[@techwired8094]

Nice work👍

[@leggo0]

Hey man do you think you could either release the design files or modify the special corner connectors so they are mirrored so we could easily connect 2 of these together? Thanks!

[@nathanbleuzen3299]

Really nicely done ! I wanted to have something close to the clockOne kickstarter, looks like a good way to make it ! I don't know much about 3D printing, what kind of filament and printing setting did you use ? So I can order it

[@engineerish]

Nathan Bleuzen thank you! I used PLA filament. The printer settings doesn’t really matter since the models are so thin and hollow. Basically default draft settings; 10-20% infill, 0.2 layer height or something 👍

[@rociobrg7098]

Geniaaaaaaal👏👏👏

[@amppower]

Use flux led👍

[@jacksonteneng7287]

Very nice and clean project, and thanks for the clear explanations! I have a question concerning the code: How could it be modified to take 2 digits that would loop count from 0 to 99 ? Could you please help?

[@engineerish]

Thank you! Glad you liked it. This is one way of doing it: void writeNumber(int num) { int count = (num == 0) ? 1 : (log10(num) + 1); if (count > DIGITS) { // Fail here return; } for (int i = DIGITS - 1; i >= 0; i--) { writeDigit(i, num % 10); num /= 10; } } -- Then you could just call "writeNumber(..)" with your counter variable. Good luck!

[@adamschultz7127]

Only works when the lights are off.

[@Tymtum]

Does anyone can guide me how to add START/STOP button to this project?

[@engineerish]

One way of doing it is to simply hook up a push button to a digital pin and listen for pushes - whenever you detect one you'll stop incrementing the number. However - the code for this project uses a for-loop to iterate the number. What you could do is to make the actual loop()-function increment the variable instead - that makes it easier to implement a pause function.

[@roboticsgen2229]

I apply your Code for Counter display.I show only First Digit.I not sure in #define DIGIT is I can set for Maximum how many digit.I plan to use 4 Digit.

[@engineerish]

Yes - changing the value of DIGIT should work

[@Learnduino]

friend can you tell me what kind of filament did you use?

[@engineerish]

I used PLA for this print 👌

[@Learnduino]

engineerish thanks.

[@rsudhakar]

Very nice project. I am interested in printing the segments for my manual 7-segment display we use for outdoor sports (cricket), I made one with corrugated plastic sheets by cutting it and it worked out good. But to perfect the shape and easy reproduction, I am looking for viable option to print it. Do we know how much approximate each segment would cost?., Also I am very new to the 3D printing, and would be great if you could help me direct the right path Thanks

[@engineerish]

Sudhakar Raj thanks! I have no idea what the cost would be - it depends on the material and how you slice it. How I got started was that I watched a bunch of youtube tutorials, then I bought a cheap printer to practice on. If getting your own printer is not an option, try looking around your area for makerspaces or companies that will print for you. But I recommend trying to print yourself, it’s a lot of fun! Good luck!

[@rsudhakar]

engineerish Thank you very much for the reply. I will explore the cheap printer options. Do I need to buy CAD software to design it?

[@engineerish]

If you would like to design your own models, you will need some sort of 3d modelling software, but I’ve made the models for this project available for download on thingiverse - you’ll find the link in the description

[@rsudhakar]

@@engineerish Here is the one I made it for my kids sport. This is sample one digit, I plug these digits for the score board. I am thinking the segments printed or made as plastic would reduce lots of measuring/cutting/gluing. drive.google.com/file/d/1YrSu7AnnGwd9k2R4gijAz_EHHuDxl5ji/view

[@rsudhakar]

@@engineerish I would like to explore the 3D printing for this 7-segment manual prototype i did using corrugated plastic sheets. I want to do these with 3D printing , at least the segments alone for now, and then later on base as well. Can you suggest me where i can start to learn and what printer (cheaper) i should get. Would really appreciate if you could on board me with this. Thanks a lot.

[@burapat4100]

build 7 segment clock 6 digit....thnks

[@slacksthegreat]

Can you point me in the direction of how to learn to code 7 segment or even 14 ws2812 leds i have one thats use 2 instead of 3 but i couldn't get you code to run. I wan to be able to input numbers or create a way to display the date with 2 numbers.

[@engineerish]

Hey! Well.. apart from experimenting with the code to understand what it does - I don’t have any advice on how to learn how to code this specific project. What’s not working for you when you’re testing my code? I guess you’ve seen that you can configure how many leds each segment contains (2 instead of 3)

[@slacksthegreat]

@@engineerish I just need to understand the whole process more i am really new to this

[@slacksthegreat]

@@engineerish i had to define pin D4 and not 4 and it works my leds are just out of order

[@engineerish]

Does your circuit work with any other example project with neopixels?

[@slacksthegreat]

@@engineerish yes it does I figured it out I'm just trying to get the other digit to work with you code but my lack of understanding c++ is making it complicated I just need more practice, thanks for replying

[@riowzi]

Which software you used to build the 3d models

[@engineerish]

Rio I used ”Shapr3D” for the iPad

[@muhammedriyaskt8748]

engineerish thank you 😊