#This is my {av} 7 segment display clock
package require Tk namespace eval ::clock::sevenSegmentDisplay { variable off grey15 variable on red proc ::clock::sevenSegmentDisplay::main {} { pack [canvas .c -background black] drawClock wm geometry . 210x60+[expr [lindex [wm maxsize .] 0]-210]+0 wm overrideredirect . 1 bind . <Double-Button-1> exit updateClock } proc ::clock::sevenSegmentDisplay::updateClock {} { variable on variable off .c itemconfigure seg -fill $off set time [clock format [clock seconds] -format "%H%M%S"] foreach digit [split $time {}] tag {h1 h2 m1 m2 s1 s2} { foreach seg [digit2segments $digit] { .c itemconfigure [format "%s%s" $tag $seg] -fill $on } } after 1000 ::clock::sevenSegmentDisplay::updateClock } proc ::clock::sevenSegmentDisplay::drawClock {} { variable on variable off set y 10 foreach digit {h1 h2 : m1 m2 : s1 s2} x {10 40 70 80 110 140 150 180} { if { [string match $digit :] } { .c create oval [expr {$x-3}] [expr {$y+7}] [expr {$x+3}] [expr {$y+13}] \ -fill $on -tags $digit .c create oval [expr {$x-3}] [expr {$y+27}] [expr {$x+3}] [expr {$y+33}] \ -fill $on -tags $digit continue } # Segment 1 .c create line [expr {$x+2}] $y [expr {$x+18}] $y \ -caps round -width 3 -fill $off -tags [list seg ${digit}1] # Segment 2 .c create line [expr {$x+20}] [expr {$y+2}] [expr {$x+20}] [expr {$y+18}] \ -caps round -width 3 -fill $off -tags [list seg ${digit}2] # Segment 3 .c create line [expr {$x+20}] [expr {$y+22}] [expr {$x+20}] [expr {$y+38}] \ -caps round -width 3 -fill $off -tags [list seg ${digit}3] # Segment 4 .c create line [expr {$x+2}] [expr {$y+40}] [expr {$x+18}] [expr {$y+40}] \ -caps round -width 3 -fill $off -tags [list seg ${digit}4] # Segment 5 .c create line $x [expr {$y+22}] $x [expr {$y+38}] \ -caps round -width 3 -fill $off -tags [list seg ${digit}5] # Segment 6 .c create line $x [expr {$y+2}] $x [expr {$y+18}] \ -caps round -width 3 -fill $off -tags [list seg ${digit}6] # Segment 7 .c create line [expr {$x+2}] [expr {$y+20}] [expr {$x+18}] [expr {$y+20}] \ -caps round -width 3 -fill $off -tags [list seg ${digit}7] } } proc ::clock::sevenSegmentDisplay::digit2segments { digit } { # 1 --- # 6 2 | | # 7 --- # 5 3 | | # 4 --- switch $digit { 0 {return {1 2 3 4 5 6}} 1 {return {2 3}} 2 {return {1 2 4 5 7}} 3 {return {1 2 3 4 7}} 4 {return {2 3 6 7}} 5 {return {1 3 4 6 7}} 6 {return {1 3 4 5 6 7}} 7 {return {1 2 3}} 8 {return {1 2 3 4 5 6 7}} 9 {return {1 2 3 4 6 7}} default {return -code error "error: \"$digit\" is not a digit"} } } } ::clock::sevenSegmentDisplay::main
See also 7-segment ASCII graphics See FullyTransparentDigitalClock an interesting implementation. See HP Calculator Simulations for another version
DKF: Also see my Maze Explorer game[L1 ] which has a bit fancier segment display.