
The diagram shown below is for the common cathode seven segment display. The other anode pin is taken out and are given high or logic 1 signal to illuminate the particular led segment from “a” to “g”. In common cathode display all the cathode pins are connected together to ground or logic 0. Common Cathode (CC) Seven Segment Display Let us learn more about the two types of seven segment display. The difference in both types of seven segment is that: In common cathode all the cathode pins of seven LEDs is connected together whereas in common anode all the anode pins are connected together. Therefore there exists two types of seven segment displays:

Suppose we want to display digit ‘0’, in order to display 0, we need to turn on “a”, “b”, “c”, “d”, “e”, “f” and turn-off the “g”.

We assume common cathode LED segment as our example. Each of the pins will illuminate the specific segment only. Seven LED segments of the display and their pins are “ a”, “b”, “c”, “d”, “e”, “f” & “g” as shown in the figure given below. Binary Encoder – Construction, Types & Applications.

