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--- inverted_led_display [2017/04/04 22:11] – created walkeradmin
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 ====== Inverted LED Display ======
+<color darkorange>Apr 2017</color>
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+==== I made a mistake ====
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+When I designed the PCB for this project. I did what most people would do and I made the PCB the 'right way up' with 40 Way Raspberry pi header and the 7 Segment LED also the normal way up (so you can read it). Later on I realised this was a bit of a mistake, because this means the Raspberry Pi Zero Power and USB connections are now at the bottom, so you can't power this up and put it on a table :(.
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+Fear not though, with some help I have edited the code so that it writes the time upside-down, so if you rotate your Raspberry Pi 180° you can read the time correctly, and still put it on the table. Below is the adjusted code.
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+<color #ed1c24>Please NOTE: </color> You do <color #ed1c24>NOT</color> have to rotate the 7 Segment LED on the PCB, the code does this for you.
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+{{:ntp_normal.jpg?300|}}    {{:ntp_inverted.jpg?300|}}
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+Above we can see the Clock working in 'Normal' mode on the left, and in 'Inverted' mode on the right.
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+==== The Python Code ====
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 <sxh [py][; options for SyntaxHighlighter]>
 #! /usr/bin/python
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 # Define GPIO ports for the digits 0-3
-gpioDigits = (18,23,24,25)
 gpioDigits = (25,24,23,18)
 # Pins (12,9,8,6) select digits 0-3 respectively reading LTR on display