churd
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One of my high school seniors has chosen to design a simple, inexpensive, portable scoreboard for displaying the score at a volleyball game. The mechanical part is coming along nicely, but I'm a little light on the electronics end, as I am new at using pics. I do however teach intro to digital electronics.
We would like to design a circuit that does the following:
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I think the easiest way to do it is with a PIC, but maybe not. I am a hardware guy, not a software guy, and I will be learning PICS myself with this project. I am looking for ideas from the ground up. Should we use a PIC? What type? What other logic is needed? etc.....
Thanks in advance for any help!
We would like to design a circuit that does the following:
- Displays the score for Home and Away on two separate scoreboards (so both teams can see).
- Each score board will have 2 2 digit 7seg displays so the score can go up to 99 to 99. Below is a crude image of what we think the setup will look like:
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- Has two buttons for home, and two for away: 1 button increments the team's score by 1, one button decrements the team's score by one. (2 buttons each team, 1 up and 1 down) The score goes up or down by one each time the correct button is pressed.
- Has a master reset button that zeros the displays.
- It should be inexpensive, and easy to produce the circuit, and program.
I think the easiest way to do it is with a PIC, but maybe not. I am a hardware guy, not a software guy, and I will be learning PICS myself with this project. I am looking for ideas from the ground up. Should we use a PIC? What type? What other logic is needed? etc.....
Thanks in advance for any help!