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my small LPD8806

Fork of LPD8806 by Jelmer Tiete

LPD8806.cpp@2:e07140e9f281, 2017-12-11 (annotated)

Committer:
Hinz
Date:
Mon Dec 11 08:32:43 2017 +0000
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2:e07140e9f281
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1:6ebd3ac910b6 
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ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 1 // Mbed library to control LPD8806-based RGB LED Strips
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 2 // (c) 2011 Jelmer Tiete
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 3 // This library is ported from the Arduino implementation of Adafruit Industries
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 4 // found at: http://github.com/adafruit/LPD8806
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 5 // and their strips: http://www.adafruit.com/products/306
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 6 // Released under the MIT License: http://mbed.org/license/mit
ehbmbed2 1:6ebd3ac910b6 7 //
ehbmbed2 1:6ebd3ac910b6 8 // standard connected to 1st hardware SPI
ehbmbed2 1:6ebd3ac910b6 9 // LPD8806 <> MBED
ehbmbed2 1:6ebd3ac910b6 10 // DATA -> P5
ehbmbed2 1:6ebd3ac910b6 11 // CLOCK -> p7
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 12 /*****************************************************************************/
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 13
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 14 #include "LPD8806.h"
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 15
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 16 //Define SPI pins
ehbmbed2 1:6ebd3ac910b6 17 //Connected to first SPI module
Hinz 2:e07140e9f281 18 SPI spi(PB_5, PB_4, PB_3); // mosi, miso, sclk
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 19
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 20 LPD8806::LPD8806(uint16_t n) {
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 21 // Allocate 3 bytes per pixel:
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 22 if (NULL != (pixels = (uint8_t *)malloc(numLEDs * 3))) {
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 23 memset(pixels, 0x80, numLEDs * 3); // Init to RGB 'off' state
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 24 numLEDs = n;
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 25 }
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 26 }
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 27
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 28 void LPD8806::begin(void) {
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 29
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 30 // Setup the spi for 8 bit data, low steady state clock,
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 31 // first edge capture, with a 2MHz clock rate
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 32 spi.format(8,0);
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 33 spi.frequency(2000000);
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 34
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 35 // Issue initial latch to 'wake up' strip (latch length varies w/numLEDs)
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 36 writezeros(3 * ((numLEDs + 63) / 64));
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 37 }
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 38
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 39 uint16_t LPD8806::numPixels(void) {
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 40 return numLEDs;
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 41 }
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 42
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 43 void LPD8806::writezeros(uint16_t n) {
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 44 while (n--) spi.write(0x00);
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 45 }
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 46
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 47 // This is how data is pushed to the strip. Unfortunately, the company
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 48 // that makes the chip didnt release the protocol document or you need
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 49 // to sign an NDA or something stupid like that, but we reverse engineered
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 50 // this from a strip controller and it seems to work very nicely!
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 51 void LPD8806::show(void) {
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 52 uint16_t i, nl3 = numLEDs * 3; // 3 bytes per LED
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 53
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 54 for (i=0; i<nl3; i++ ) {
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 55 spi.write(pixels[i]);
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 56 }
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 57
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 58 // Write latch at end of data; latch length varies with number of LEDs
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 59 writezeros(3 * ((numLEDs + 63) / 64));
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 60
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 61 // We need to have a delay here, a few ms seems to do the job
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 62 // shorter may be OK as well - need to experiment :(
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 63 // wait_ms(3);
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 64 }
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 65
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 66 // Convert R,G,B to combined 32-bit color
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 67 uint32_t LPD8806::Color(uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b) {
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 68 // Take the lowest 7 bits of each value and append them end to end
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 69 // We have the top bit set high (its a 'parity-like' bit in the protocol
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 70 // and must be set!)
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 71 return 0x808080 | ((uint32_t)g << 16) | ((uint32_t)r << 8) | (uint32_t)b;
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 72 }
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 73
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 74 // store the rgb component in our array
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 75 void LPD8806::setPixelColor(uint16_t n, uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b) {
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 76 if (n >= numLEDs) return; // '>=' because arrays are 0-indexed
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 77
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 78 pixels[n*3 ] = g | 0x80;
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 79 pixels[n*3+1] = r | 0x80;
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 80 pixels[n*3+2] = b | 0x80;
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 81 }
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 82
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 83 void LPD8806::setPixelColor(uint16_t n, uint32_t c) {
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 84 if (n >= numLEDs) return; // '>=' because arrays are 0-indexed
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 85
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 86 pixels[n*3 ] = (c >> 16) | 0x80;
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 87 pixels[n*3+1] = (c >> 8) | 0x80;
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 88 pixels[n*3+2] = c | 0x80;
ehbmbed2 0:12e734116fea 89 }