MICROCONTROLLER BASED DOT MATRIX ADVERT DISPLAY SYSTEM

  TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
CHAPTER ONE (1)
 INTRODUCTION
1.0    BACKGROUND
1.1    OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT DESIGN
1.2    SCOPE OF THE PROJECT
1.3    THE PIC MICROCONTROLLER
1.4    THE HARDWARE
1.4.1    The Circuit Components
1.4.2    Screen
1.5    POWERING THE PROJECT
1.6    PROJECT REPORT ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER TWO
 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0    INTRODUCTION
2.1    ORIGIN/HISTORY OF THE PROJECT
2.2    TECHNOLOGY OF DIGITAL DISPLAY
2.2.1    Optics and lighting
2.3    USES OF THE PROJECT
2.4    ADVANTAGES OF THE DESIGN
2.5    TYPES OF DIGITAL DISPLAY
2.6    A BRIEF HISTORY OF LED LIGHTING
2.7    DOT-MATRIX DISPLAY   
2.7.1    Common sizes of digital displays:
2.8    LIQIUD CRICSTAL DISPLAY

CHAPTER THREE (3)
COMPONENTS REVIEW
3.0    INTRODUCTION
3.1    COMPONENTS ON THE SCREEN
3.1.1    Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs
3.1.2    Wires    
3.2    COMPONENTS ON THE DISPLAY CIRCUIT
3.2.1    The transistor
3.2.2    4017 chips
3.2.3    IC socket
3.2.4    Resonator
3.2.5    Resistor
3.2.6    Printed board
3.2.7     PIC Microcontroller
3.3    COMPONENTS ON THE POWER UNIT
3.3.1    Electrolytic capacitor                                                                                                
3.3.3    Multilayer ceramic capacitor
3.3.4     Transformer
3.3.5    Rectifiers
3.3.6    Filters
3.3.7     Regulator

CHAPTER FOUR (4)
PROGRAMMING A P.I.C
4.0    INTRODUCTION
4.0.1    The Registers
4.0.2    W (working register)
4.0.3    Good Programming Techniques
4.1    WRITING TO THE PORTS
4.1.1    Turning on a LED
4.1.2    Turning off a LED
4.1.3    Delay Loops
4.1.4    Subroutines
4.2    READING FROM THE I/O PORTS
4.3    DATA TABLE

CHAPTER FIVE (5)
DESIGN AND APLLICATION

5.0    DESIGN PROCESS:
5.1    OPERATION
6.2    APPLICATIONS

CHAPTER SIX (6)
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

6.0    SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT
6.1    SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENT
6.2     PROBLEMS ENCONUTERED AND SOLUTION
6.3    PRECAUTIONS
6.4    RECOMMENDATION
6.5    CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
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