Six, Five, and Four Segment Displays

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  • Опубликовано: 19 дек 2024

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  • @itioticginger9520
    @itioticginger9520 Год назад +10648

    While the urge to use less segments is quite interesting, the problem I see with all of these is that the individual segments themselves becomes far more complicated. The simplicity of the 7 segments in the classic display all being little dashes is hard to replicate.

    • @0x6a09
      @0x6a09 Год назад +15

      @@CiRdy34 oooo hi

    • @Cypekeh
      @Cypekeh Год назад +383

      Yeah but from the engineering perspective the circuit doesn't care how long the diode is and if you found some nice design you could represent all the digits with 4 bits instead of 7 bits. It could actually be useful in some real life cases. But the 4 segment design would have to be good and readable.

    • @TobiasTHolmes
      @TobiasTHolmes Год назад +281

      ​@@Cypekeh A seven segment display still represents the numbers with four bits, it includes a few logic gates to determine which of the seven segments to display from these, rather than being directly told with seven input bits.

    • @Cypekeh
      @Cypekeh Год назад +89

      @@TobiasTHolmes hmm you're right
      in that case i wonder if there are any advantages at all then. maybe being able to use less gates and having simpler circuit but practicality they're too cheap to consider that a significant drawback

    • @petrkinkal1509
      @petrkinkal1509 Год назад +14

      @@vinsplayer2634 You can't have less than 4 bits so no.

  • @unaverageavocado159
    @unaverageavocado159 Год назад +930

    It’s cool how almost every display is built around the number 8, and then branches out to everything else

    • @TheRedCap
      @TheRedCap 3 месяца назад +20

      Probably because it's the most complex number.
      1 is just a line
      3 is just half an 8
      4 (in a 7-segment) is a couple straight lines
      6 is close to 8 visually
      7 can just be an augmented 1
      9 is just an upside down 6
      2 and 5 are the only ones that really come close, but 5 is sorta close to 8 if you squint, and worst case a 2 can be a backwards 5.

    • @badmanjones179
      @badmanjones179 3 месяца назад +12

      @@TheRedCap i wouldnt say "complex", its more the fact that it takes up the most of its space per digit - in the 7 segment display it is forced to take up all 7 segments, with each other digit being a subset of segments, for example. This of course /could/ be a limiting assumption ,but i find that unlikely.

    • @Leo-x6d4g
      @Leo-x6d4g Месяц назад

      The comment has 500 likes woah

    • @thomaskilroy3199
      @thomaskilroy3199 Месяц назад

      One way to think about it is that the conventional seven segment display is built entirely off the horizontal/vertical axes innate to a 2D display.
      There are no diagonal, curves, retraces etc like in naturally evolved human typographies because these introduce more comlex elements of angle, orientation and the sequence of transcription.
      Instead the seven segment display just uses 'horizontal/vertical' as an L in four cardinal quadrants.
      Top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right.
      N/E/S/W versions of I/_
      They are even optimally arranged to be enclosing, i.e. to have no 'breaks' that aren't a deliberately 'off' LED, which is vital for legibility.
      You could replicate everything except this last feature with a swastika-shaped seven segment.... but that would be visually unappealing on multiple levels...

  • @hadrienlondon4990
    @hadrienlondon4990 Год назад +3205

    The display at 1:28 looks good. Plus, the 0 being small and thus distinct from the other digits could be useful for calculations as knowing where the 0s are in a number make it easier to calculate stuff with it

    • @beaclaster
      @beaclaster Год назад +87

      that gives me the same vibes as what cyberpunk gives to me

    • @fryeguyvids
      @fryeguyvids Год назад +115

      It's also really good for calculations since it shows X and Y clearly, not only are they the most common letters used for variables but they are the two axises on a 2D grid! Z for the 3rd axis is also possible but it's identical to the 2.

    • @Termenz1
      @Termenz1 Год назад +37

      God every time I see 1:28 I automatically assume it's the bots with their "I can't believe how magical it was" copypasta again

    • @Periwinkleaccount
      @Periwinkleaccount Год назад +1

      @@Termenz1 what do you mean?

    • @RandomGuyyy
      @RandomGuyyy Год назад +2

      @@_J3T CopyPasta::EmotionalAppeal (EVerbosity::Verbose)

  • @KaneyoriHK
    @KaneyoriHK Год назад +112

    I like the six segments cause they look very cyberpunk
    the fives looks spacey
    the fours looks pretty magical

  • @suricate2964
    @suricate2964 Год назад +4607

    1:47 This actually looks really good as a sci-fi display

    • @mopmopmopmopmopmop
      @mopmopmopmopmopmop Год назад +350

      that zero is honestly so weird it's actually really cool

    • @suricate2964
      @suricate2964 Год назад +1

      @@mopmopmopmopmopmop yeah !

    • @chainerfries4417
      @chainerfries4417 Год назад +115

      I think the best would be 5 Segment Display B

    • @Echinacae
      @Echinacae Год назад +54

      @@chainerfries4417 that one feels like old movie

    • @Cyanesque111
      @Cyanesque111 Год назад +63

      My thoughts exactly, either that or a cyberpunk display.

  • @sevensouls009
    @sevensouls009 Год назад +77

    Honestly some of these designs would make really cool fridge magnets.

    • @CrystMaks
      @CrystMaks Год назад

      thats literally such a good idea you can make numbers out of them

  • @kutsy3785
    @kutsy3785 Год назад +1616

    The six segment display at 1:15 is probably the coolest thing to make electronic gadgets for.
    Not only does it look neat, you could illuminate the top parts to indicate degrees.

    • @panthererousse
      @panthererousse Год назад +52

      cant you already do that on a normal display?

    • @cheddartaco
      @cheddartaco Год назад +88

      @@panthererousse yeah, but other six segment displays don't let you do this

    • @omeg5473
      @omeg5473 Год назад +30

      Wym "illuminate the top parts?"

    • @potssnpanns8418
      @potssnpanns8418 Год назад +66

      @@omeg5473 inverse of the zero

    • @omeg5473
      @omeg5473 Год назад +15

      ​@@potssnpanns8418 ohhh

  • @PosyMusic
    @PosyMusic Год назад +114

    Wow, nice! And thanks for the mention at the end!

  • @shayes.x
    @shayes.x Год назад +887

    I enjoy the idea of these being used in something like a video game as a "foreign" language representation of numbers, maybe a futuristic game. They're legible if you look close enough, but otherwise look totally different

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

    • @cerebrummaximus3762
      @cerebrummaximus3762 Год назад +35

      Oh, so like alien chop suey fonts? That's cool!

    • @fordalels
      @fordalels Год назад +9

      Makes me think of how splatoon did that!

    • @Ghorda9
      @Ghorda9 Год назад +4

      predator did it with the bomb.

    • @gabrieledomfazio
      @gabrieledomfazio 8 месяцев назад

      0x10c somewhere

  • @DaWeirdoKoala
    @DaWeirdoKoala Год назад +15

    okay but imagine looking over at the first 4 segmented display at 3:56 in the morning and having your barely-awake brain desperately try to decipher what on earth that says and what the heck the time is.

  • @gluttonousmaximus9048
    @gluttonousmaximus9048 Год назад +1949

    My favorite is always going to be the 1-segment display, because it's the most honest portrayal of numbers the way they are recognized in computers.

    • @tovi3280
      @tovi3280 Год назад +34

      excuse me the what

    • @willowids369
      @willowids369 Год назад +320

      ​@@tovi3280 one segment that's either on or off. Aka, it's a binary display.

    • @aydynx
      @aydynx Год назад +66

      @@tovi3280 a physical representation of a bit

    • @LorenzJahn
      @LorenzJahn Год назад +1

      ​@@aydynx of a bit stupid?

    • @igorordecha
      @igorordecha Год назад +39

      @@willowids369 aka, a single LED

  • @icecubeviking
    @icecubeviking Год назад +9

    my brother in christ, posy made me fall into this rabbit hole

  • @Axqu7227
    @Axqu7227 Год назад +990

    The MIDI versions of Nirvana and Alice In Chains songs really push this over the edge

    • @Crafteyer
      @Crafteyer Год назад +86

      Aren't those the Super Mario 64 soundfont meme songs, that just go way too hard? It took me a second to realise where I knew the music from and why it hit so good.

    • @keeganfaulkner1240
      @keeganfaulkner1240 Год назад +5

      @@Crafteyer yeah, the are. I’m guessing from o4nward or something

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

    • @matrixphijr
      @matrixphijr Год назад +11

      ⁠@@Crafteyer _That’s_ what that is. I knew I recognized the sound, but it was hard to really distinguish with, you know, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and ‘In Bloom’ instead of Mario.

    • @berkerbey245
      @berkerbey245 Год назад +7

      They are. Someone made the whole nirvana nevermind album with sm64 sounds its on youtubr

  • @double_u-23
    @double_u-23 Год назад +156

    0:02 The M you tried to display looks like Ñ.

    • @BfdiFan2022
      @BfdiFan2022 4 месяца назад +2

      True

    • @crackerjaq9974
      @crackerjaq9974 4 месяца назад +4

      I thought it was an A lol

    • @HexDeck
      @HexDeck 4 месяца назад +1

      Got a better idea for an m?

    • @smlik
      @smlik 3 месяца назад

      ​​@@HexDecktoilets are now more hostile than crackers and shitty drawings everyone steer clear

    • @untitledskibidi
      @untitledskibidi 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@HexDecktwo zeroes

  • @wrpro7495
    @wrpro7495 Год назад +155

    It’s always interesting when designs stray from the practical and into the unique, like objectively the 7-segment display is the most efficient and understandable, but the more boundaries you’re forced to work through the more creativity shines through in the finished product

    • @vonakakkola
      @vonakakkola Год назад +8

      depend on what you mean with "efficiency", with few segments you can make a more compact circuit for converting binary numbers into which segment should turn on, in today's technology there's no need in this but try to make a display in Minecraft that have a binary number as an input, with less segments it's way easier make a circuit

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

  • @kenb2957
    @kenb2957 Год назад +12

    That sequence at 3:10 and on blew my mind, that patern is like a secret code that would look sick on a watch blinking through the day.

  • @thenumeratorofficial
    @thenumeratorofficial Год назад +761

    I died laughing at "that seven is a midget".

    • @MuzikBike
      @MuzikBike Год назад +8

      The subtitles censor that word for some ungodly reason.

    • @DeadlyBlaze
      @DeadlyBlaze Год назад +8

      Just thought of a new joke:"Why is 6 afraid of 7?"

    • @Kaleidio
      @Kaleidio Год назад +37

      ​@@MuzikBike that's because it's usually used as an ableist slur against dwarves. not in this context though, but the algorithm didn't care.

    • @asdfasdfasdfasdf246
      @asdfasdfasdfasdf246 Год назад

      @@Kaleidio how the fuck is it an ableist slur? my friend is short as hell and they don't care about being called a midget (they have dwarfism)
      they're an adult and i think they're 4'11 (if i'm doing my conversion correctly)
      they actually find it funny to be called a midget

    • @Kaleidio
      @Kaleidio Год назад +4

      @@Termenz1 youtube's algorithm is the one that confused the context for a slur, not me.

  • @bruhbbawallace
    @bruhbbawallace Год назад +4

    humans are so good at making up new problems to solve
    also i love the midis

  • @Cyanesque111
    @Cyanesque111 Год назад +713

    I personally like the display at 1:45 the best. It gives off a very unique cyberpunk feeling to me.

    • @thedillestweed2644
      @thedillestweed2644 Год назад +25

      Dude yes. That's what I was saying. I want that to become real.

    • @flatfingertuning727
      @flatfingertuning727 Год назад +21

      I'd like it better if realized as a 7-segment display, splitting the /, because that would allow all digits to have a Hamming distance of 2, in addition to having more distinctive outlines.

    • @catprog
      @catprog Год назад +7

      I think for a 7 segment version I would add a dash for the 3

    • @thedillestweed2644
      @thedillestweed2644 Год назад +7

      ​@@catprog I'd clip the diagonal segment to make the 3 look like this
      __
      /_
      __|
      Not sure if that will appear as intended

    • @flatfingertuning727
      @flatfingertuning727 Год назад +4

      @@catprog I like that a lot, especially since it could improve the 4 as well. Unfortunately, losing the split in the middle would mean that "5" and "8" differ by only one segment, and would make it hard to design other digits to ensure that any two valid digits would have at least two segments difference between them (maximizing Hamming distance would require making the 7 have a vertical side, to avoid similarity to the "2", and making the 1 have a short diagonal stroke to avoid similarity to the "7" and blank.
      If Hamming distance isn't important, I think a 7-segment display with that middle segment added would be in a lot of ways superior to today's common design. WIth that design, it's often hard for someone with poor visual acuity to distinguish among 0, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9, since they all have the same exterior shape. This design, by contrast, has much more varied exterior contours.

  • @xplodingkatz
    @xplodingkatz Год назад +20

    3:44 that was actually a really good one :0

  • @juh9870_projects
    @juh9870_projects Год назад +529

    Would be much easier to follow if when displaying numbers, they lit up both in large view and in right view at the same time, instead of with a delay of one number

    • @zaidlacksalastname4905
      @zaidlacksalastname4905 Год назад +34

      Yeah that didn't make a lot of sense because the small ones were useful for comparing against other numbers

    • @tanveshkaviskar442
      @tanveshkaviskar442 Год назад +16

      That thing really made my eye sick.

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      I made a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/YcRYZOyA9-k/видео.html

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

    • @bjooo
      @bjooo Месяц назад +1

      Yeah that was really confusing

  • @scifidino5022
    @scifidino5022 Год назад +10

    0:07: **exists*
    Me: **blinks*
    Video: **Turns into alien hieroglyphs*

  • @deepdishsalad
    @deepdishsalad Год назад +563

    I love how the video looks professional and educational but we get golden lines such as “this seven is kind of a midget” and “but this looks pretty stupid” 🤣

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      I made a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/YcRYZOyA9-k/видео.html

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

    • @yoisakikanade_
      @yoisakikanade_ Год назад +31

      "it actually looks more like ancient cave paintings than numbers"

    • @julealgon
      @julealgon Год назад +1

      What's the problem with those lines?

    • @yoisakikanade_
      @yoisakikanade_ Год назад +25

      @@julealgon theres no problem, theyre really funny. theres just kinda a funny contrast between the professional-looking video and the voiceover cracking jokes

  • @notetomgaming6701
    @notetomgaming6701 Год назад +2

    As a person who has never existed, I find this mind blowing to me

  • @JoeJoeTater
    @JoeJoeTater Год назад +136

    I could totally see an alternate history where 4-segment displays got used because you could fit two digits into a byte.

    • @mjcox242
      @mjcox242 4 месяца назад +7

      The problem with that is error checking.
      Using a byte per digit means on a 7 segment you can have a parity bit and not display invalid data.

    • @aceman0000099
      @aceman0000099 Месяц назад

      ​@@mjcox242yeah but alternate history with 100% perfect programming and hardware lol

  • @thelegendarybulldozer7256
    @thelegendarybulldozer7256 Год назад +62

    I'm not sure why, but the one at 3:15 is my favorite. Granted it absolutely sacrifices quick readability, but I think it looks the coolest.

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      I made a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/YcRYZOyA9-k/видео.html

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

    • @ikarimisu0184
      @ikarimisu0184 Год назад +3

      it looks like the ninjas logo

    • @synchronized-kv31
      @synchronized-kv31 6 месяцев назад +1

      OMG HII

    • @jibbyk6131
      @jibbyk6131 4 месяца назад

      But The Numbers Look Bad Because They're Unreadable

  • @KingCrafter999
    @KingCrafter999 Год назад +72

    Sci-fi fonts

  • @Ozzymand
    @Ozzymand Год назад +1

    Posy's video on segmented displays was great, and yours feels like a great addition to what he showcased, great work man

  • @YenjiJem
    @YenjiJem  Год назад +2778

    This is getting WAY more views than expected. I'm aware the audio is pretty meh, I usually don't speak in videos so its something i'm working on.

    • @kyogre8192
      @kyogre8192 Год назад +62

      Thanks for adding my video in the video lol I tried to make a 3 segment display
      Working on a really good five segment currently

    • @fireninja8250
      @fireninja8250 Год назад +19

      One thing that annoys me is the quality of the music. Like I mean, yeah it's old, but sounds like it came from a microwave.

    • @kyogre8192
      @kyogre8192 Год назад +12

      Also you said that there are 8 combinations a 3 segment can have, if you count all off as a combination then you are right but I don't believe so

    • @nyanSynxPHOENIX
      @nyanSynxPHOENIX Год назад +4

      Congrats! Always nice to get put into the graces of the Algorithm, haha

    • @jellyfish0311
      @jellyfish0311 Год назад +1

      Intensely interesting

  • @hansonkerman7286
    @hansonkerman7286 Год назад +45

    Fewer segments are pretty interesting just because of the creativity required and changes in perspective needed. as an artist these really fascinated me ty for making this video ❤️

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

  • @RalseiGaming
    @RalseiGaming Год назад +112

    Using midis in the background music makes me so happy
    I have a fascination with midis and just think they hold a lot of character

    • @DiThi
      @DiThi Год назад +13

      That's not exactly midi... I recommend you the video "trackers: the sound of 16 bit" by ahoy. Midi has a predefined set of instruments while tracker music have custom samples built in. Tracker music songs are also called mods because of the original tracker format that joined patterns and samples.

    • @spyfoxguy
      @spyfoxguy Год назад +9

      I recognized "Lounge Act" immediately but couldn't place the non-Nevermind tracks. Anyone know what they are?

    • @tictactony420
      @tictactony420 Год назад +7

      @@spyfoxguy song at 1:45 is Risingson by Massive Attack, 4:20 is a MIDI version of Would? by Alice in Chains

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

  • @notdudelol8364
    @notdudelol8364 Год назад +3

    Love how he uses nirvana’s never mind music. Really makes the video more enjoyable

  • @CallumsArmy
    @CallumsArmy Год назад +39

    the music choice and visuals are actually fucking brilliant good job dude

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

  • @mufazzulhossainmokabai2015
    @mufazzulhossainmokabai2015 29 дней назад +6

    1:04 "but that looks pretty stupid" got me rolling on the floor 🤣 😂 😅

    • @Dr.Funk8864
      @Dr.Funk8864 12 дней назад

      That was way funnier than it shouldve been fr

  • @petrkdn8224
    @petrkdn8224 Год назад +26

    Now about a million segment display..
    Hold up, thats just a screen

  • @gl1tchygreml1n
    @gl1tchygreml1n Год назад +2

    I really like these, they're how I imagine alarm clocks might look on other planets

  • @notwithouttext
    @notwithouttext Год назад +217

    i tried making a seven-segment design based on the original, but the 1, 3, 4, and 6 look better. (maybe even 0 and 2)
    we start with the original:
     ━       ━   ━      
    ┃ ┃   ┃   ┃   ┃ ┃ ┃ 
             ━   ━   ━   
    ┃ ┃   ┃ ┃     ┃   ┃ 
     ━       ━   ━      
     ━   ━   ━   ━   ━ 
    ┃   ┃   ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃
     ━   ━       ━   ━ 
      ┃ ┃ ┃   ┃ ┃ ┃   ┃
     ━   ━       ━     
    notice all of their lower right vertical segments are lit except for the 2. we can keep that permanently lit (maybe by drawing it on), making it six segments, and add a diagonal segment like so to bring it back to seven:
     ━       ━   ━      
    ┃╱┃  ╱┃  ╱   ╱   ╱┃ 
                 ━   ━  
    ┃ ┃   ┃ ┃ ┃   ┃   ┃ 
     ━       ━   ━        
     ━       ━   ━   ━ 
    ┃    ╱  ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃
     ━   ━       ━   ━ 
      ┃ ┃ ┃   ┃ ┃ ┃   ┃
     ━   ━       ━   
    (i know this looks bad, so here is connected version closer to what you'd see in real life)
    ┏━┓     ╺━┓ ╺━┓     
    ┃╱┃  ╱┃  ╱   ╱   ╱┃ 
    ┃ ┃   ┃ ┃   ┗━┓ ┗━┫ 
    ┃ ┃   ┃ ┃ ┃   ┃   ┃ 
    ┗━┛     ┗━┛ ╺━┛     
    ┏━╸     ┏━┓ ┏━┓ ┏━┓
    ┃    ╱  ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃
    ┗━┓ ┣━┓   ┃ ┣━┫ ┗━┫
      ┃ ┃ ┃   ┃ ┃ ┃   ┃
    ╺━┛ ┗━┛     ┗━┛

    • @notwithouttext
      @notwithouttext Год назад +25

      you might say, "if the lower right vertical segment is always on, then spaces would look confusing, and you'd still need an extra segment."
      in that case, you can make it so the segment is actually split and shared by three other segments. so the central horizontal segment contains part of it, the bottom horizontal segment contains part of it, and the upper right vertical segment contains part of it.
             ╻ 
             ┃    
       ╺━┓   ┃   ╻
         ┃   ┃   ┃
         ╹   ╹ ╺━┛
      this way you can have a better 7 and can make almost all the alphabet, besides f, m, t, w, and x.
      ╺━┓     ┏━┓ ┏━╸    
       ╱   ╱┃ ┃╱  ┃     ┃
      ┃   ┣━┫ ┣━┓ ┃   ┏━┫
      ┃   ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃
              ┗━┛ ┗━┛ ┗━┛
      ┏━┓ ┏━┓            
      ┃╱  ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃     ┃
      ┃   ┗━┫ ┣━┫ ┃     ┃
      ┃ ┃   ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃   ┃ ┃
      ┗━┛ ╺━┛         ┗━┛
                  ┏━┓ ┏━┓
      ┃╱  ┃   ┃╱┃ ┃ ┃ ┃╱ 
      ┣━┓ ┃   ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃  
      ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃  
          ┗━┛     ┗━┛     
      ┏━┓ ┏━┓            
      ┃╱┃ ┃╱   ╱  ┃ ┃ ┃╱ 
      ┗ ┃ ┣━┓ ┗━┓ ┃ ┃    
        ┃ ┃ ┃   ┃ ┃ ┃    
              ╺━┛ ┗━┛     
          ╺━┓            
      ┃ ┃  ╱ 
      ┗━┫ ┃  
        ┃ ┃ ┃
      ╺━┛ ┗━┛

    • @adamantii
      @adamantii Год назад +31

      @@notwithouttext This comment has so much effort put into it and this idea is actually really cool, props

    • @Tree_-wp5zn
      @Tree_-wp5zn Год назад +6

      Is this loss
      Sorry

    • @notwithouttext
      @notwithouttext Год назад +2

      @@adamantii thank you! i think it's really interesting how you can add diagonals without changing the number of segments

    • @notwithouttext
      @notwithouttext Год назад +1

      @@Tree_-wp5zn no (if it were loss why did i add diagonal lines)

  • @darth_dan8886
    @darth_dan8886 Год назад +2

    Many of these make for a great setpiece in a sci-fi/cyberpunk/alternate reality retrofuturistic setting.

  • @mamoopy
    @mamoopy Год назад +13

    The massive attack at 1:50 is more than appreciated, legendary taste in music

  • @EnderSpy007
    @EnderSpy007 Месяц назад +19

    I was kind of completely caught off-guard by the random Nirvana but I appreciate.

  • @redpepper74
    @redpepper74 Год назад +516

    I liked Posy’s video on segmented displays so much that I tried making my own 4-segment display as well, and actually I think it came out pretty well.
    Hold on I should totally make a video to show it off lmao

  • @_bowlofsoup
    @_bowlofsoup Год назад +1

    this was realy well made and feels reminiscent of posy's video on the subject.
    keep up the good work

  • @saltedmutton7269
    @saltedmutton7269 Год назад +35

    2:50 that 4 *screams* of complete bodaciousness, love it!

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      I made a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/YcRYZOyA9-k/видео.html

    • @jacobsiron6929
      @jacobsiron6929 Год назад +2

      Ikr? Saw the glitchiness and thought "what for?"

    • @bm-22projects
      @bm-22projects Год назад +2

      Idk just for various effects I guess

    • @mralem3548
      @mralem3548 5 месяцев назад

      Also the 0

  • @ramaicatseye
    @ramaicatseye 2 месяца назад

    Before I even saw this video, I would spend time doodling in class segmented display concepts. It was actually quite fun as every day I got slightly closer to the solution. I googled what I was doing out of curiosity and it led me here. Great video and these solutions are really good.

  • @mbcommandnerd
    @mbcommandnerd Год назад +166

    I could see the first six segment display being used in an elevator, as it can display all the numbers plus incredibly good up and down arrows! The 4 is PERFECT, too, giving this one a leg up over the seven segment display! It might be hard to read at first, but with a little practice, it could become second nature!

    • @shiinondogewalker2809
      @shiinondogewalker2809 Год назад +6

      yeah tbh the only issue is the 7

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

    • @cerebrummaximus3762
      @cerebrummaximus3762 Год назад +4

      2 and 5, 3 and 8, and worst of all the 7 are a bit hard to guess. Imagine if a foreigner uses the elevator, they may get confused at the sideways z.

    • @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache
      @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache Год назад +5

      @@cerebrummaximus3762 wdym foreigner? Isn't Hindu-Arabic just a universal way of representing numbers regardless of which country you're from?

    • @cerebrummaximus3762
      @cerebrummaximus3762 Год назад +2

      @@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache Fair enough. I can't remember what I was going for in that month-old comment, but rereading it, I think it's the following.
      The numbers I spoke about in the previous comment were made to look almost unintelligable in that variant.
      If you're not used to seeing the number displayed in such way (eg if a country adopts that system while you country does not and you visit the foreign country), it may throw you off.
      Anybody who has used elevators or seen numbers in such screens may immediately infer that it's the said number, but if it's too different, it may and will throw people off.

  • @MintChoco-g4f
    @MintChoco-g4f 4 месяца назад

    My recommendations are cooking with this one. A short digestible video on a topic I didn’t know I cared about until midnight? Perfect!

  • @fast-yi9js
    @fast-yi9js Год назад +14

    the last 5 segment display actually looks really friggin good

  • @arorei
    @arorei Год назад +4

    The 7-segment displays already show difficulty displaying letters, so I think instead of reducing the number of segments, increasing it will be more beneficial. I've seen an 11-segment display and safe to say it does the job very well

  • @olegmoki
    @olegmoki Год назад +6

    Posy's videos are so good, and seeing a video inspired by some is even better

  • @And-So-On
    @And-So-On 2 месяца назад +20

    2:14 smells like teen spirit.

    • @semi-remy
      @semi-remy Месяц назад

      It probably is, it sounds like smells like teen spirit but in a sm64 soundfont

    • @spilomii
      @spilomii 16 дней назад

      thats exactly what it says in the description !! i believe he also uses 'lounge act' at around 3:05

  • @LithmusEarth
    @LithmusEarth Год назад +12

    4:07 I feel like the problem here is an arabic one, where "we" decided not to make our letters unique enough in anticipation of computer displays. There are most certainty in all of these displays enough combinations to satisfy, the problem lies with how we choose to represent.

    • @LithmusEarth
      @LithmusEarth Год назад +2

      i would doodle with our english letters in my notebooks and stuff, this kind of segmented stuff, I always wondered if we could have had more efficient designs.

    • @bm-22projects
      @bm-22projects Год назад +1

      3:54 Or you could just have the top left segment displayed as 4

  • @noahbrogle
    @noahbrogle Год назад +13

    I would have never guessed myself to be someone to be so enamored by this type of content, but by god is it beautiful. Keep up the awesome work! And it's nice to hear your voice in this video, it brings a personal touch to it.

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

  • @thatonegaminglatias4345
    @thatonegaminglatias4345 Месяц назад

    I absolutely LOVE how the 5-segment display looks!! :)

  • @energeticcreeper7969
    @energeticcreeper7969 Год назад +16

    i appreciate how on pretty much all displays mentioned here, 8 is just all the lights on at once

  • @jfawesome123
    @jfawesome123 Год назад

    I used to watch this channel when I was a kid! Glad he’s still around today!

  • @animefangamer277ominous_ab7
    @animefangamer277ominous_ab7 Год назад +94

    For More Segments (Around 8 To 16!), You Can Write All 36 Characters (10 Digit Numbers Plus 26 Letters!) In Even Diagonal Lines Without Repeating Any Character That Was Used For A Fraction Of Up To 4,096 Ways! (Mainly Straight Lines For Each Design, Not Merging 2 To Form Somewhat Unique Shapes For Denoting A Character, Or Using Any “Curvy Lines”!)
    As For The Lowercase Letters… They Could Need Beyond 16 Segments To Be Created To Replicate At Least 1 Way They Are Written In Pen, Pencil, Or Even Typed Digitally! (There Are Little Letters That Can Be Written In More Lines Than Their Capital Counterparts, While Many Can Be Written In Straight Lines Like Some Of The Uppercase Letters!)

    • @YenjiJem
      @YenjiJem  Год назад +12

      Your comments are always a blast

    • @animefangamer277ominous_ab7
      @animefangamer277ominous_ab7 Год назад +2

      @@YenjiJem … Thanks. I Try To Not Offend Anyone, Even If I Look At The Guidelines On What To Say On Any Content, Including Yours… Like How The 2nd Song Of “What Would A Googol Dice Look Like” Was “Machinimasound - Escape From The Temple” For Reaching The 1st Dice Cube That’s Bigger Than Earth In Volume… 1 Octillion Dice! (Before I Added The Music To My SoundCloud Playlist, I Watched A RUclips Upload That Directly Mentioned It As The 2nd Or So Theme For “History Of The World” That Was Focused On 1 Part, Such That The Animation Uses Flags From The 1st Year Of The Project To The Latest Of The Modern Day That Can Be A Couple To Many Years Old… If They Were Released Earlier In The 2020s, Or Throughout The 2010s / Late 2000s!)

    • @Ceruleanst
      @Ceruleanst Год назад +2

      Adding two vertical segments down the middle of the traditional seven segments is enough to create disambiguated uppercase and lowercase letters, though some of the lowercase will be tall, and v may require interpretive license. If instead you put an x in the lower half, for a total of 11, you can have a pleasing and appropriately proportioned lowercase, plus reasonable punctuation, without even any need for extra on top for the capitals if you make allowances for T.

    • @jocabulous
      @jocabulous Год назад +21

      i hate people that type every word capitalized

    • @hellishbro
      @hellishbro Год назад +1

      8 to 2.092279e+13 segments?

  • @jakobebryant8189
    @jakobebryant8189 Месяц назад +2

    saying all these r words at the start is a brave and bold move

  • @jptoony2670
    @jptoony2670 Год назад +10

    Love the music you used in this. Massive Attack is such a good pick

  • @GunsGodGuts478
    @GunsGodGuts478 4 месяца назад +2

    2:18 the song here is a synth of Smells like teen spirit by nirvana

  • @Jamesthe1
    @Jamesthe1 Год назад +7

    I really like these designs; they have their own character to them and could be used in a font.

  • @sumbuddy4088
    @sumbuddy4088 Год назад +3

    My favorite is the one segment display! It can even display letters! …….. .. .. . … …. .. ….

  • @ricolorenz7307
    @ricolorenz7307 Год назад +28

    This is a fantastic video. The colors are beautiful, the content is engaging, the pacing is perfect, and the script is informative and the jokes hit right on the mark. Fantastic job, I'm glad the algorithm let me watch this today.

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

  • @kalinkavelinova2529
    @kalinkavelinova2529 Год назад +1

    My first 7 segment display script!
    Two rotations of:
    U,C,S,E,A
    Total:10
    Four rotations of:
    F,L,K,Ɥ(4),Ə(6),P
    Total:34
    O and H
    Total:36

  • @Lapis.A
    @Lapis.A Год назад +19

    2:13
    someone please tell me that looks like some kind of alien numerical system you'd see in star trek or star wars

  • @supersonic4863
    @supersonic4863 Год назад +1

    that second 4 segment display is great, pretty much everything is perfectly readable, outside of maybe the 6.

  • @katsurotak6332
    @katsurotak6332 Год назад +14

    Nirvana remixes in the background started to drive me insane
    I knew the melodies were familiar but couldn't figure out what they were because of how different they feel from the original
    Smells like teen spirit blew the cover away though

  • @WizPizPresident1
    @WizPizPresident1 Год назад +1

    Love the grunge covers in the background

  • @hrishikeshaggrawal
    @hrishikeshaggrawal Год назад +61

    3:00 You can improve that 5 segment design B if you make the middle horizontal section a bit shorter at the right end and extend the bottom right section into the space created (only majorly sacrifices clarity on 2 and reduces style points on 4, 9 but significantly improves 0, 3)

    • @raffimolero64
      @raffimolero64 Год назад +5

      I think I prefer the original. 3 is already really good as is, and I don't think the slight improvement to 0 is worth the downgrade to 2, already difficult to read.
      My priorities here are to reduce the tail on 2, reduce the indent on the left of 6, and make 0 bigger.
      Let me know your opinions on this one:
      Move the middle bar down (making 0 bigger, 6 clearer)
      Offset the bottom half of 1 (1 is no longer a straight line, makes 6 clearer)
      Add a serif (little nub sticking out the bottom left) to the top left bar (mames 2 clearer, 3, 7 more stylish)
      Stretch the top left bar to the right, replacing the top of 1 similar to your suggestion. This now occupies the whole top section. (makes the height of 4's tops more consistent and makes 5, 6 clearer, at the cost of 1's height)
      We could also add another serif to the middle bar sticking down the bottom right (the exact opposite of your original suggestion) but that would sacrifice 0, 4, 9.
      What do you think?

    • @unilajamuha91
      @unilajamuha91 Год назад +3

      I don't know man, 2 is already a stretch, can't sacrifice it any more. 3 and 0 are fine, and aren't improved all that much imo

    • @hrishikeshaggrawal
      @hrishikeshaggrawal Год назад +2

      @@raffimolero64 moving the middle bar down also makes 2 better. but it makes the 0 look less like a rectangle and more like an almond which is a downgrade imo but it's ok
      offsetting bottom half of one makes a lot of numbers loose a lot of style points, maybe just decrease the inclination angle of the entire 1 a bit instead of making it completely straight; do this by stretching the entire aspect ratio to be taller and thinner. this will also improve 0 by decreasing the angle on the right side to be less radical
      completely agree with that serif. i noticed that part as well after typing my comment
      hmmm instead of stretching it completely into the other, make it so both share the same space with an angle like :-
      instead of the original:
      ____ _
      __// /
      ,,,,/ / (ignore the commas and line spacing)
      or your suggestion:
      _____
      ____/
      ,,,/,,,/ (couldn't put the roof on the bottom piece sorry)
      do this:
      ____
      ___//|
      ,,,,,,/ / (in the first one the entire square space is given to one segment, in the second it's given to the other and in the third it's distributed equally after being cut in half diagonally)
      this will also make 4 better, while also giving the desired affect on 5 and 6 without sacrificing much from 1.
      that serif you said only improves the original version of 2 and sacrifices a lot. but and moving the middle bar down and adding that first serif to the top left piece makes 2 abundantly clear as per the changes made above already, there's no need for this change.
      I believe we've pretty much created a perfect 5 segment display at this point with only flaws being the small 0 and there being a strange gap in the middle of 1,2,3 which looks perfectly ok with 1 because that is usually the case even with the normal 7 segment display 1; and surprisingly that gap also makes 3 cooler. only for 2 does that gap seem strange, and a 2 shaped like a Z is just too odd.
      another option is to let the top half of 1 "dig" into the segment below it almost halfway. this makes 5 and 6 a little strange but it doesn't affect their readability while making 1,2,3 less weirder. Also, a lot of interesting things happen if you turn the segments of 1 into a single continuous parabola that has a lot of curve in the top part that smoothly decreases as it goes into the end of the bottom part of the 1, you make it curve outwards into the left side. it makes 7 change it's style to the other well known form of 7, solves the problem of 2 looking like a Z, it also solves the problem with the bottom left part of six looking weird, makes 1 a little strange though but it's not that bad and makes the 4 and 9 look more like the hand written versions, you could make that top serif's inner corner round while you're at it too.
      oh and i also just realized you can make the bottom half of 1 share the corner space with the neighboring piece in the same way the top one does as i suggested above. this has not much added bonus other than making the 5 perfect and 1 a little more symmetric again with little sacrifice on 4 and 9.
      I've made a design based on some of the propositions discussed: ( redd. it/13nn4o0 ) (remove the space between the redd. and it/ for the link)

    • @DavidSartor0
      @DavidSartor0 Год назад

      @@hrishikeshaggrawal Thank you.

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      I made a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/YcRYZOyA9-k/видео.html

  • @theogA_Person
    @theogA_Person Год назад

    This vid absolutely lives up to posy’s vid, simple and straightforward with clean visuals

  • @bonelessChillies
    @bonelessChillies Год назад +44

    I love how legible the 2nd 6-Segment display is!!! Also for the 9 at 4:02 the bottom left segment could be pink instead to mimic a 9 with a straight tail or more like this (q) since the curve is more westward. There is still slightly a problem with that solution, though.

  • @NaeemTHM
    @NaeemTHM Год назад

    I have no idea why this video popped up in my recommendations but GOSH am I happy it did. Fascinating stuff!

  • @HAL-oj4jb
    @HAL-oj4jb Год назад +5

    I now really have the urge to build an analog clock myself that uses one of these, the second and last 6-segment displays look really dope, I think they're easily readable and look kinda sci-fi

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

  • @bdot02
    @bdot02 Год назад +2

    The podcast "a problem squared" did an episode on researching the research that's gone into designs with fewer segments as well as soliciting listener submissions. It was quite interesting.

  • @Sammy71ful
    @Sammy71ful Год назад +23

    When I was a kid, I had this really old (now) mini “game” computer that you could do various activities with. If I remember correctly, it made use of that very first segment display (the standard, already-existing one), but with four additional diagonal segments in each of the “quadrants”. I think this allowed it to display all numbers and alphabetic characters fairly clearly.

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      My secont attempt at a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/_rYak35e9mM/видео.html

    • @cmmartti
      @cmmartti Год назад +2

      That is a fairly standard variant common on a lot devices that need to display text, like security system displays or car radios. But it's not much harder to just go full pixels at that point, so that is usually what is done.

  • @lrgogo1517
    @lrgogo1517 Год назад +1

    Wow! This one actually looks nice! It's perfect!
    "yeah, I know the 4 and 9 look the same"
    wait, what- AAAAAAUGH

  • @adumbchicken8022
    @adumbchicken8022 Год назад +9

    I really liked your concept of a 4 segment display, using the curved lines really gives you a lot more room for creativity on how to display the numbers.

    • @skan5728
      @skan5728 Год назад

      I made a 4 segment display: ruclips.net/video/YcRYZOyA9-k/видео.html

  • @10thletter40
    @10thletter40 Год назад

    Thats a really well made 4 segment display at the end. All of them are decently readable!

  • @ImNotPalmer
    @ImNotPalmer Год назад +11

    Right around 2:20, was that Nirvana background music? It kind of sounded like it.

    • @balloonboom5912
      @balloonboom5912 Год назад +1

      Smells like teen spirit but with SM64 soundfront (Shazam)

    • @ImNotPalmer
      @ImNotPalmer Год назад

      @@balloonboom5912 noice

  • @YourAverageSwimmer
    @YourAverageSwimmer 13 дней назад +1

    Posy made a good video on segmented displays

    • @ddodd69
      @ddodd69 13 дней назад +1

      Did you watch this video? He mentioned it at the end.

    • @YourAverageSwimmer
      @YourAverageSwimmer 12 дней назад

      @ I didn’t watch the very end.

  • @VesaKo
    @VesaKo Год назад +4

    I once tried one for suits. My best is a five segment (depending on how far the same segments parts can be separated, as there are actually 7 segments but two pairs that light at the same time) which keeps everything looking very clean and almost the same size. The diamond has curved sides and appears as the bottom of the heart and the top of the spade. The curves exist to make the club look good, which shares 1(or 2) segments with the heart as well as a connecting segment to create a circle at its top. You could do fewer segments, but the scaling and shape reading would be muddied.
    Edit: Just thought up a way to make a two segment display for it... If you keep the middle segment (the diamond) as a painted region, it technically doesn't count as a segment. Then just accept that the club has four leaves.

    • @areadenial2343
      @areadenial2343 Год назад

      No offense, but couldn't you just have 4 segments in the shape of each suit? For something so specialized, that seems like a better solution

    • @VesaKo
      @VesaKo Год назад

      @@areadenial2343 Yeah, that's fair, it is definitely more practical. I didn't really think of it too hard, just wanted to give it a try in the same manner as with numbers

  • @trollsansofficial
    @trollsansofficial 9 месяцев назад +1

    I love how 8 is consistently either all of the segments or all but one

  • @Niapemium2763
    @Niapemium2763 Год назад +6

    2:12 im starting to think were the aliens because that display that shows numbers looks otherworldly

    • @Слышьты-ф4ю
      @Слышьты-ф4ю Год назад

      At least it's symmetrical (which really adds to the chance some aliens may use it for human communication)

  • @iPandahh
    @iPandahh Год назад

    I would 100% buy a clock with those, they were all awesome, even the barely legible ones are awesome

  • @sometf2player752
    @sometf2player752 Месяц назад +4

    0:41 Mario 64 sound font jumpscare (warning scary)

  • @dog7676
    @dog7676 Год назад +1

    the second 6 segment display was actually pretty good, wont even lie

  • @SomeTomfoolery
    @SomeTomfoolery Год назад +4

    Super interesting to see! I've designed my own concept for a 4 segment display, but it compromises a lot on a few of the digits. It's so cool to see some other attempts!

  • @12noviembre
    @12noviembre Месяц назад

    this is in my top 5 favourite youtube videos, good job

  • @the6thchannelshow2009
    @the6thchannelshow2009 21 день назад +4

    2:08 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit N64 Cover 😂

    • @StevenSchwartz-m2r
      @StevenSchwartz-m2r 13 дней назад

      hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

  • @gms02
    @gms02 Год назад

    actually fifteen seconds in and already had a belly laugh. I'm going to enjoy this video

  • @herrkatzegaming
    @herrkatzegaming Год назад +11

    A lot of these lower segment displays look like they'd be used in a video game setting by non humans (like the Combine from HL2)

  • @CharlesB147
    @CharlesB147 Год назад +1

    A lot of these look like alien language, which I have to admit is really friggin cool.

  • @jaceg810
    @jaceg810 Год назад +3

    I personally think 5 segment A is actually quite readable and I find it to be great looking.
    Something about the way it bends and is at first glance so alien yet still readable makes it great to look at, that and it being symmetric in multiple ways.

  • @FlowGD
    @FlowGD Год назад

    I only have the utmost respect for you for using a Nitrome soundtrack in this video, I instantly recognized it as being Nitrome when I heard it :D

  • @FunComputer2017
    @FunComputer2017 3 месяца назад +3

    5:01 I was watching that video!

  • @SunshineAIC
    @SunshineAIC Год назад +2

    Those AIC arrangments are kinda really cool, I've never heard this type of midi-ish sounding style applied to that type of music.

  • @reion19
    @reion19 Год назад +8

    4:45
    how did you calculate that?
    what is the name of the rule?

    • @FenrizNNN
      @FenrizNNN Год назад +3

      2^n
      N is the number of segments.
      2¹:2 on and off
      2²:4 all off, first on, second on, all on.
      2³:8
      Etc
      Etc.

    • @Chr15_Fl4me
      @Chr15_Fl4me Год назад

      If you didn't figure It out already, here's all the combinations:
      ❌❌❌
      ✅❌❌
      ❌✅❌
      ❌❌✅
      ✅✅❌
      ✅❌✅
      ❌✅✅
      ✅✅✅
      Wait... It wouldn't even be 8, but 7! You wouldn't need ❌❌❌ for any number, unless that's how you wanna represent zero

  • @Fewerj
    @Fewerj Месяц назад +1

    great music choices

  • @drumm4173
    @drumm4173 Год назад +15

    3:32 I think the 7 would be better displayed if you also lighted up the bottom right one

    • @rizizum
      @rizizum Год назад +16

      That would make it look the same as a 3

    • @aylen7062
      @aylen7062 Год назад

      Or rather only the bottom right line.

    • @beaclaster
      @beaclaster Год назад +5

      @@aylen7062 that's 4

    • @aylen7062
      @aylen7062 Год назад +1

      @@beaclaster Fuck, you're right.

    • @drumm4173
      @drumm4173 Год назад +1

      @@rizizum you're right I didn't think of that :/

  • @dProp.34
    @dProp.34 4 месяца назад +1

    1:15 is the best honestly, you could even make the leftmost bottom segment longer to make the 1 less awkward

  • @Cutekittens4471
    @Cutekittens4471 Год назад +5

    2:32 difficult to display 047?