GIANT Modular 7 Segment Display - Easy DIY Guide

[@DIYMachines]

If you enjoyed this, please consider Subscribing and checking out some of my other projects here on KZbin. Take care and ciao for now. 😄

[@sz7monus]

ok

[@DIYMachines]

@@sz7monus Thanks. :)

[@FerozMahomed]

Awesome stuff.keep updating the amazing work

[@DIYMachines]

@@FerozMahomed Thanks Feroz. :)

[@jerryhalasz]

Lewis, no idea why you don't have more subscribers, you make the most interesting things and give it all away. I'm always excited to see a new video from DIY Machines pop up.

[@DIYMachines]

Wow, thank you! I'll keep working on the projects - would be awesome to reach 100k subscribers one day.

[@more9lives]

I agree. There are many channels for DIY enthusiasts but there are few that are on par with the same level of quality. Not only the filming and editing is great, also the way you explain things is fantastic. Very calm, well balanced and perfectly supported by the video. (BTW. just remembered that I have two more google accounts. So subscribed using those accounts as well. So, 100k is a little bit closer now. Just don't tell Google ;-) )

[@PCBWay]

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[@jatavo1]

I like how friendly and happy he always looks

[@DIYMachines]

Thanks 😊

[@BQAggie2006]

When cutting out the digits in the acrylic, you could also use a coping saw. It has a thinner blade and might make the corner turns a little easier.

[@DIYMachines]

Excellent idea. Thanks for pointing that out. 👍

[@maukaman]

Love it. Love the goofy demonstrations in the beginning. I’ll have to go with something smaller and simpler with my display but it was a good watch with lots of good knowledge. 👍 🤙

[@DIYMachines]

Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed the goofy demonstrations - I'm particular proud of my space helmet. :)

[@ahmetcemturan]

Such a friendly guy. Definitely worth subscribing. Great work.

[@DIYMachines]

Much appreciated! Thank you.

[@haoyuan92]

Came here from hackaday for some modern LED display ideas. Currently building a 6 digit home clock with some old school 74192 logic counters and 7447 decoders

[@garagemonkeysan]

Great video, well filmed and edited. Very professional. Super engineering and modular design. Mahalo for sharing! : )

[@DIYMachines]

Thank you kindly! Im glad you liked it. 🙂

[@byronrobbins8834]

@@DIYMachines here, the thumbnail to this video upload is the number 47.

[@christophersfactory]

Superb and underrated video!! Amazing, good on you

[@DIYMachines]

Much appreciated!

[@MrBobisadog]

Hello, enjoyed your video so much, we have built a five digit version using 80/20- 10 series aluminum extrusions, instead of wood. We have augmented your code so we can manually count for a children’s hospital toy drive. Appreciate your content and web site. Our only issue is with the Wi-Fi fobs you listed. They are not reliable more than just a few feet away. We may change to wired. Thanks again for everything!

[@AndrewGous101]

Hi, great video thanks! My son would like us to build a portable laptimer in a carry case. We need two digits to be about 8" (+/- 190 x 120mm) in size. Then we need it to have a 5volt rechargeable LiPo battery. Are you able to give us any ideas on how we could best do this? My son is 14 and very interested in programming but he is also an Athlete. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Andrew

[@ShopperPlug]

Thats a great 7 segment display.

[@DIYMachines]

Thanks. :)

[@AnilArya51]

Great work brother and thanks for sharing, I was thinking about the clock you made on another video seeing this project.

[@DIYMachines]

Cool, thanks. Yes, it is similar to the Hidden Shelf Edge Clock project. My diffusion has improved, along with better power distribution. I intend to go back an upgrade that project later this year with all the new knowledge I have acquired since then. 😄

[@ManexFX]

@@DIYMachines I'd love to see an updated build of the hidden clock! Can't wait 😁

[@AnilArya51]

@@DIYMachines , can't wait to build one but I don't have 3D printer so when is it that you are planning to upload DIY 3D printer. I'll slowly collect parts and build one.

[@mmatous]

Hi, this project is even better than I imagined. You mentioned you've made code for both the Arduino and the Wemos D1 Mini. But the Github page has only the code for the Arduino. Could you please direct me to the code for the Wemos? Thanks

[@andyhopkins]

OMG, this is exactly what I have been looking for. Like you I have been looking to create a set of lap counters for the swimming club that I am a part of for the long distance events. Most of our local competitions are in a six lane 25m pool, so I need to build six of them with the ability to count down from 60 (or 32 for 800m) in twos. I was looking at using ESP32s to control each one, with a rechargeable battery pack in each to make them stand alone. I would like to see if I can then build an App to control each of the units to set the race length, count down each pair of laps and reset at the end of the heat. I am a noob to all of this, but I used to dabble in electronics and programming when I was much younger, do you think my idea above is possible? I would be really interested in finding out how yours worked out and if you built multiple units, or made other improvements. Thanks for your amazing content.

[@clixium]

There's "wled clock" fw for esp32 that has clock, stopwatch and countdown timer, flash your esp from online flash tool and control it from a mobile phone

[@tylercgarrison]

Im on a mission to build a scoreboard for cornhole. 1 two-digit section for each team and a few buttons ( +1 for each side, reset to clear all score back to 0, and maybe -1 to fix a score) But code is not my thing and I was hoping you would go over the code for this project so I could get some idea of what im up against. Ive done VERY little with raspberry pi, and never used an arduino. so im starting at square 1. Cool video and you have some awesome talents. If you have any suggestions for getting started with arduino code or more info about the code you used in this project (that a total noob can understand) id love to take a look

[@Jeff97405]

can you make 20 of those for a scoreboard that uses incandescent light bulbs???

[@HOBBYHOMEELECTRONICS]

Good afternoon! Very good video! Based on this project, you can make a large multi-colored subscriber counter.

[@DIYMachines]

That's a great idea! Using the Wemos D1 you certainly could. Perhaps green text when the count is rising and red when it has fallen.

[@HOBBYHOMEELECTRONICS]

@@DIYMachines This is very good idea! I have long wanted to make such a subscriber counter on seven-segment indicators using WS2812 LEDs.

[@TheUnofficialMaker]

Nice but too much work. I'd like to see a design made on laser cutter. Maybe use black card or black acrylic to cut out the segments, paint front white, put glass or thin acrylic over the front, would this work? Love to see a project like that. Also saw a project using addressable leds for each digit so it can be one strand for each digit. Keep up the great work.

[@revotrucksimulator]

Muito legal. Obrigado amigo por compartilhar essa idéia. Parabéns...

[@DIYMachines]

Obrigado, seja muito bem-vindo!

[@lixxfpv]

Just fyi, with an arduino / 3v3 Logic, there is no need for a logig Level shifter... The LEDs are fine with 3v3 Logic and will upvolt it themself After the first LED to 5v..

[@DIYMachines]

You are absolutely correct as long as the length of wire between the Arduino and first LED is relatively short. In my personal experiment this has never been a problem - though I wanted to show best practice in the video to help ensure as many people as possible were successful.

[@antoniogervasio1]

Hi good job! Thanks!

[@DIYMachines]

Thank you too!

[@plazmax]

superb, thank you for sharing keep it up bro

[@DIYMachines]

Thank you, I will

[@我走我留]

非常好的电子作品！

[@Brendan_Keyport-WA7BMK]

I don't know if you've corrected this yet or not, but the PCB you created at PCBway is not complete. The ESP and Logic Level Converter are not completely wired - and do not connect. It is shown this way in the video, as well as on PCBWay. The connections to the Logic Level chip is not connected.

[@DIYMachines]

Hi Brendan, thank you for spotting this and letting me know. I have fixed it. I made a rookie mistake and uploaded an earlier version of the PCB. I hope it has not caused you any issues. Lewis

[@TheIronHeadRat]

Great, thank you 👍

[@DIYMachines]

You're very welcome.

[@PCBWay]

Fantastic! Lew 🥂🥂

[@DIYMachines]

Thank you kindly!

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[@burapat4100]

can this model be made into a 6 digit digital clock?.....thnks

[@rei.villaverde]

Can you do a normal counter with this project? Like when I press a remote button up, the numbers go up accordingly as I pressed through a wireless controller?

[@DIYMachines]

Yes you certainly can using the circuit as it's designed and the wireless key fob. You would need to revise the code though.

[@DanBDougherty]

Maybe I missed it, but what are the dimensions of the 5mm Acrylic sheet for each digit?

[@gatowilson7494]

Un esquematico o diagrama para hacer un tablero de fútbol con nombre de club cronometro tiempo ,marcador donde puedo conseguir o si puede hacer un proyecto así gracias

[@rajendrapalan9519]

Fantastic

[@abecoulter8550]

What about DMX512 with addressable pixels rather than a arduino

[@DIYMachines]

You could absolutely control it with DMX if you swapped the WS2812B and Arduino for a suitable pixel driver and LED wiring.

[@abecoulter8550]

DMX SPI Controller

[@mera-system]

The 7-segment display must be tilted 10 degrees to the right of the y-axis. That is the standard. Why, otherwise such a great job, ruin with those flat segments.

[@DIYMachines]

Yes, they usually are tilted slightly. 👍🏼

[@tonyvarghese75]

Nice

[@DIYMachines]

Thanks

[@akshayshaileshmhatre]

I play waterpolo!, India 🇮🇳

[@DIYMachines]

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[@shis10]

Make Clock connected to internet time.

[@DIYMachines]

If you opted to use the ESP board instead of the Arduino Nano then you certainly can do this. Of course you'll need at least four character on your display and could add an additional ':' halfway between them if you wanted to.

[@shis10]

@@DIYMachines okay

[@thepvporg]

You got anything without a 3D printer as I gave up on mine 10 years ago, it never printed anything correctly despite taking hours to build and tram and set up, it printed one item very badly and nothing I did improved it, even upgraded the Z axis to Acme threads to improve on accuracy of layer height. Still no good. I'd like to make this project for a game site that my son goes to and it needs a large timer, have thought of a better way of making this, well two ways making it, I got no way of modeling it as I gave up on CAD given the issues with trying to use them, errors errors and correcting errors, no one makes a CAD system that you can just make what you want in minutes, it take hours of applying construction elements and those that allow parametric drawing with ease are not good at producing parts. Tried it with the 3D printer for one print and it printed the item paper thin walls despite infill ...

[@dukenukem445]

Hi, I wonder if you could help me adjust the number of the pixel of the segments. I want to be able to resize the counter? Thanks

[@makewithmegma]

🔥💕👌👍

[@DIYMachines]

Hi, thanks for checking out the project. 😄

[@yuuudakishibe9579]

Us CPE students making this using ICs instead of microcontroller 😭😭😭😭

[@averinfo]

expensive machine youre useing.. not DIY.😂

[@naveed2154]

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[@DIYMachines]

Thank you. 😊