Seven Segment Display
Displays · Board: Pi Pico · Day 4 of 100
Drive a single-digit 7-segment display with a Raspberry Pi Pico to count and show numbers. Covers GPIO wiring and segment mapping basics.
How it works
Each digit 0–9 maps to a pattern of seven segments that must light up. The Pico drives one GPIO pin per segment, turning the right combination on for each number. Counting becomes a loop of look up pattern, set pins, brief pause.
What you'll learn
- 7-segment encoding
- GPIO output control
- Lookup tables
- Current-limiting resistors
Full project: code, wiring diagram & Wokwi simulation
The complete build guide lives in the original repo. Ours is a summary — the real thing is one click away.
Open full project on GitHub ↗Summary by SkillShop. Project by Kritish Mohapatra — code and diagrams belong to the original repo.
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