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"MaryaToy" Project

This project was developed for my daughter to stop her from playing with the Thermistor based Digital Thermometer. This circuit is similar to the thermometer project, but uses shift registers to drive fifteen segment LED displays and a 74S138 for the common cathodes instead of the discrete transistors used in the previous project.

Click Here to look at the application's source code.

The circuit used for the final versoin of this application is given in the pdf file that you can look at Here.

The bill of materials for this application is:
Part Description
U1 7805 +5 Volt Regulator
U2 74S138, 3 to 8 Demultiplexor
U3 - U4 74LS374, 8 Bit Register
U5 PIC16F84-04/P
Y1 4 MHz Ceramic Resonator with Internal Capacitors
15 Segment 6x 15 Segment Alpha-Numeric Common Cathode LED Displays
R1, R18, R19 10K, 1/4 Watt Resistors
R2 - R9, R11 - R17 220 Ohm, 1/4 Watt Resistors
R10 100 Ohm, 1/4 Watt Resistor
POT1 10K, Single Turn Potentiometer
C1 - C2 10 uF, 35 Volt Electrolytic Capacitors
C3 - C7 0.1 uF, 16 Volt Tantalum Capacitors
J1 9 Volt Battery Clip
SW1 SPST Power Switch
SW2, SW4 Momentary On Pushbutton Switch
Miscellaneous Breadboard Prototyping System, Wiring