What Is a 7 Segment Display?

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<sidebar>Sidebar: What Is a Component?</sidebar> A seven-segment display (SSD) is an electronic display device for displaying decimal numerals (numbers) that is an alternative to the more complex dot matrix and OLED displays.

Seven-segment displays are widely used in digital clocks, electronic meters and other electronic devices for displaying numerical information.

The seven-segment display is split into 8 elements, each element is a section of the digit, and the eighth section is the decimal point, these elements/sections are commonly labelled A-G going clockwise around each section of the digit, ending with the 'G' section in the middle, and the decimal point labelled as 'DP' to the side, this labeling pattern is also convert-able into decimal numbers, 1-8.

In Flowcode the 7 Segment Single component is connected like so; pin 0-7 is connected to Port B 0-7 and the common pin is connected to Port A 0.

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