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V1.2 Dotmatrix Display

A project log for Affordable Intelligent Contactless IR thermometer

An affordable, DIY constructable contactless Infrared thermometer which can automatically detect, alert temperature with safety

oakkar7oakkar7 09/04/2020 at 05:130 Comments

Original idea is to use big 7-Segments display for better visibility and price. After revising design, I decide to use 8x8 dotmatrix display with driver MAX7219. These module are cheap and also good for displaying symbols, character.

So, revised design V1.2 is as follow.

MAX7219 modules can be cascaded easily to expand digits. There are a lot of Arduino driver to interface this module. I selected the following Lib science many functions and modules are supported.

Lib:

https://github.com/MajicDesigns/MD_MAX72XX

MAX7219  Connection:

LED:

Schematic :

Added LED and buzzer functions.

When I moved my finger near ir+distance sensor, the result is like that. Symbol C is not displayed full digit. Required additional display or tweak fonts?

V1.2 Code was added to my github, though I need to clean and touch code more.

https://github.com/oakkar7/AVCTV1

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