Arduino Counter Using TM1637 LED Display

In this tutorial we will learn how to make a simple digit counter using LED Display TM1637 and Visuino.

Watch the video.

What You Will Need

Arduino UNO (or any other Arduino)
Jumper wires
LED Display TM1637
Visuino program: Download Visuino

The Circuit

Connect LED Display pin[CLK] to Arduino digital pin[10]
Connect LED Display pin[DI0] to Arduino digital pin[9]
Connect LED Display pin[GND] to Arduino pin[GND]
Connect LED Display pin[VCC] to Arduino pin[5V]

Start Visuino, and Select the Arduino UNO Board Type

To start programming the Arduino, you will need to have the Arduino IDE installed from here: https://www.arduino.cc/.

Please be aware that there are some critical bugs in Arduino IDE 1.6.6. Make sure that you install 1.6.7 or higher, otherwise this Instructable will not work! If you have not done follow the steps in this Instructable to setup the Arduino IDE to program Arduino UNO! The Visuino: https://www.visuino.eu also needs to be installed. Start Visuino as shown in the first picture Click on the "Tools" button on the Arduino component (Picture 1) in Visuino When the dialog appears, select "Arduino UNO" as shown on Picture 2

In Visuino ADD Components

Add "TM1637 7 Segment Display 4 Digits Module + 2 Vertical Points (CATALEX)" component
Add "Counter" component
Add "Pulse generator" component

In Visuino Set and Connect Components

Select "Counter1" component and in the properties window set "Max>Value" to 9999
Select "Counter1" component and in the properties window set "Min>Value" to 0
Double click on "Display1" component and in the "Digits" window drag "Integer Display 7 Segments" to the left side
On the left side of the "Digits" window select "Integer Display 7 Segments1" and in the properties window set "Count Digits" to 4
Close the "Digits" window

Connect "PulseGenerator1" pin[Out] to "Counter1" pin[In]
Connect "Counter1" pin[Out] to "Display1">"Integer Display 7 Segments1" pin[In]
Connect "Display1" pin[Clock] to Arduino board digital pin[10]
Connect "Display1" pin[Data] to Arduino board digital pin[9]

Generate, Compile, and Upload the Arduino Code

In Visuino, at the bottom click on the "Build" Tab, make sure the correct port is selected, then click on the "Compile/Build and Upload" button.

Play

If you power the Arduino UNO module, the LED display should start counting numbers, once it reaches 9999 it will restart to 0 and count again.

Congratulations! You have completed your project with Visuino. Also attached is the Visuino project, that I created for this Instructable, you can download it here and open it in Visuino: https://www.visuino.eu