/* Arduino POV Project Wiring: 5 LEDs connected to pins 2 to 6 31 is 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1 (all leds are lit) 4 is 0 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 0 (only the middle led is lit) Heart Character Example 16 0 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 O O 1 0 int hrt[]={12, 18, 9, 18, 12}; */ int delayTime = 1; //sub-char delay time 2 finer is 1 int charBreak = 4; //char delay default time 5 // 4 best for 7 chars // int LED1 = 2; int LED2 = 3; int LED3 = 4; int LED4 = 5; int LED5 = 6; void setup() { pinMode(LED1, OUTPUT); pinMode(LED2, OUTPUT); pinMode(LED3, OUTPUT); pinMode(LED4, OUTPUT); pinMode(LED5, OUTPUT); pinMode(7, INPUT); } int a[] = {1, 6, 26, 6, 1}; int b[] = {31, 21, 21, 10, 0}; int c2[] = {14, 17, 17, 10, 0}; int d[] = {31, 17, 17, 14, 0}; int e[] = {31, 21, 21, 17, 0}; int f[] = {31, 20, 20, 16, 0}; int g[] = {14, 17, 19, 10, 0}; int h[] = {31, 4, 4, 4, 31}; int i[] = {0, 17, 31, 17, 0}; int j[] = {2, 1, 17, 30, 16}; int k[] = {31, 4, 10, 17, 0}; int l[] = {31, 1, 1, 1, 0}; int m[] = {31, 12, 3, 12, 31}; int n[] = {31, 12, 3, 31, 0}; int o[] = {14, 17, 17, 14, 0}; int p[] = {31, 20, 20, 8, 0}; int q[] = {14, 17, 19, 14, 2}; int r[] = {31, 20, 22, 9, 0}; int s[] = {8, 21, 21, 2, 0}; int t[] = {16, 16, 31, 16, 16}; int u[] = {30, 1, 1, 30, 0}; int v[] = {24, 6, 1, 6, 24}; int w[] = {28, 3, 12, 3, 28}; int x[] = {17, 10, 4, 10, 17}; int y[] = {17, 10, 4, 8, 16}; int z[] = {19, 21, 21, 25, 0}; int eos[] = {0, 1, 0, 0, 0}; int excl[] = {0, 29, 0, 0, 0}; int ques[] = {8, 19, 20, 8, 0}; int hrt[]={12, 18, 9, 18, 12}; int spc[]={0, 0, 0, 0, 0}; void displayLine(int line) { int myline; myline = line; if (myline>=16) {digitalWrite(LED1, HIGH); myline-=16;} else {digitalWrite(LED1, LOW);} if (myline>=8) {digitalWrite(LED2, HIGH); myline-=8;} else {digitalWrite(LED2, LOW);} if (myline>=4) {digitalWrite(LED3, HIGH); myline-=4;} else {digitalWrite(LED3, LOW);} if (myline>=2) {digitalWrite(LED4, HIGH); myline-=2;} else {digitalWrite(LED4, LOW);} if (myline>=1) {digitalWrite(LED5, HIGH); myline-=1;} else {digitalWrite(LED5, LOW);} } void displayChar(char c) { if (c == 'a'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(a[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'b'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(b[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'c'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(c2[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'd'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(d[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'e'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(e[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'f'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(f[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'g'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(g[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'h'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(h[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'i'){for (int it = 0; it <5; it++){displayLine(i[it]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'j'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(j[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'k'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(k[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'l'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(l[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'm'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(m[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'n'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(n[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'o'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(o[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'p'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(p[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'q'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(q[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'r'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(r[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 's'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(s[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 't'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(t[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'u'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(u[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'v'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(v[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'w'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(w[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'x'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(x[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'y'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(y[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == 'z'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(z[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == '!'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(excl[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == '?'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(ques[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == '.'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(eos[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == '^'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(hrt[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} if (c == '_'){for (int i = 0; i <5; i++){displayLine(spc[i]);delay(delayTime);}displayLine(0);} delay(charBreak); } void displayString(char* s) { for (int i = 0; i<=strlen(s); i++) { displayChar(s[i]); } } void loop() { //for (int cB=0;cB<=10;cB++) You can use this to test the best charBreak //{ charBreak=1; for (int i=0;i<=100;i++) displayString("....my.."); for (int i=0;i<=100;i++) displayString(".arduino"); for (int i=0;i<=100;i++) displayString("...pov.."); for (int i=0;i<=100;i++) displayString(".project"); } //}