Test program for my Multi_WS2811 library that started out as a fork of heroic/WS2811. My library uses hardware DMA on the FRDM-KL25Z to drive up to 16 strings of WS2811 or WS2812 LEDs in parallel.
Dependencies: Multi_WS2811 mbed MMA8451Q
Fork of WS2811 by
NOTE: I have accidentally pushed changes for another fork of this program that I used in the recent Georgetown Carnival Power Tool Races. When I get some time, I will restore the test program to its original glory.
You can see my power tool racer (Nevermore's Revenge) here

This tests my FRDM-KL25Z multi-string WS2811/WS2812 library. It uses the accelerometer to change the rainbow phase on two strings of LEDs as well as the touch sense to change brightness.
A video of this program in operation is here.
Here is the library that I developed to run the LEDs:
Import libraryMulti_WS2811
Library allowing up to 16 strings of 60 WS2811 or WS2812 LEDs to be driven from a single FRDM-KL25Z board. Uses hardware DMA to do a full 800 KHz rate without much CPU burden.
Diff: LPD8806.cpp
- Revision:
- 6:7aebe547f0f0
- Parent:
- 5:70ded6500cd3
- Child:
- 7:3025f0e0d70a
--- a/LPD8806.cpp Wed Oct 10 05:43:58 2012 +0000
+++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-// Mbed library to control LPD8806-based RGB LED Strips
-// (c) 2011 Jelmer Tiete
-// This library is ported from the Arduino implementation of Adafruit Industries
-// found at: http://github.com/adafruit/LPD8806
-// and their strips: http://www.adafruit.com/products/306
-// Released under the MIT License: http://mbed.org/license/mit
-//
-// Parameterized and modified to use soft SPI.
-// Jas Strong <jasmine@electronpusher.org>
-/*****************************************************************************/
-
-#include "LedStrip.h"
-#include "LPD8806.h"
-
-LPD8806::LPD8806(PinName dataPin, PinName clockPin, int n) :
- dat(dataPin),
- clk(clockPin) {
- // Allocate 3 bytes per pixel:
- numLEDs = n;
- if ((pixels = (uint8_t *)malloc(numLEDs * 3))) {
- memset(pixels, 0x80, numLEDs * 3); // Init to RGB 'off' state
- }
-}
-
-/*
- * Soft SPI clock-out implementation (CPOL = 0, CPHA = 0).
- * Certainly not the fastest in the world but it'll do.
- * Gets about 3.6 MHz; could get several times as much
- * using the bitbands directly - jas.
- */
-
-void LPD8806::write(uint8_t byte) {
- for (int i=0; i<8; i++) {
- clk = 0;
- dat = (byte & 0x80);
- clk = 1;
- byte <<= 1;
- }
- clk = 0;
-}
-
-void LPD8806::begin(void) {
-
- // Issue initial latch to 'wake up' strip (latch length varies w/numLEDs)
- writezeros(3 * ((numLEDs + 63) / 64));
- blank();
- show();
-}
-
-uint16_t LPD8806::numPixels(void) {
- return numLEDs;
-}
-
-void LPD8806::writezeros(uint16_t n) {
- while (n--) write(0x00);
-}
-
-void LPD8806::blank(void) {
- memset(pixels, 0x80, numLEDs * 3);
-}
-
-// This is how data is pushed to the strip. Unfortunately, the company
-// that makes the chip didnt release the protocol document or you need
-// to sign an NDA or something stupid like that, but we reverse engineered
-// this from a strip controller and it seems to work very nicely!
-void LPD8806::show(void) {
- uint16_t i, nl3 = numLEDs * 3; // 3 bytes per LED
-
- for (i=0; i<nl3; i++ ) {
- write(pixels[i]);
- }
-
- // Write latch at end of data; latch length varies with number of LEDs
- writezeros(3 * ((numLEDs + 63) / 64));
-}
-
-// Convert R,G,B to combined 32-bit color
-uint32_t LPD8806::Color(uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b) {
- // Take the lowest 7 bits of each value and append them end to end
- // We have the top bit set high (its a 'parity-like' bit in the protocol
- // and must be set!)
- return 0x808080 | ((uint32_t)g << 16) | ((uint32_t)r << 8) | (uint32_t)b;
-}
-
-// store the rgb component in our array
-void LPD8806::setPixelColor(uint16_t n, uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b) {
- if (n >= numLEDs) return; // '>=' because arrays are 0-indexed
-
- pixels[n*3 ] = g | 0x80;
- pixels[n*3+1] = r | 0x80;
- pixels[n*3+2] = b | 0x80;
-}
-
-void LPD8806::setPixelR(uint16_t n, uint8_t r) {
- if (n >= numLEDs) return; // '>=' because arrays are 0-indexed
-
- pixels[n*3+1] = r | 0x80;
-}
-
-void LPD8806::setPixelG(uint16_t n, uint8_t g) {
- if (n >= numLEDs) return; // '>=' because arrays are 0-indexed
-
- pixels[n*3] = g | 0x80;
-}
-
-void LPD8806::setPixelB(uint16_t n, uint8_t b) {
- if (n >= numLEDs) return; // '>=' because arrays are 0-indexed
-
- pixels[n*3+2] = b | 0x80;
-}
-
-void LPD8806::setPixelColor(uint16_t n, uint32_t c) {
- if (n >= numLEDs) return; // '>=' because arrays are 0-indexed
-
- pixels[n*3 ] = (c >> 16) | 0x80;
- pixels[n*3+1] = (c >> 8) | 0x80;
- pixels[n*3+2] = c | 0x80;
-}
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Generic WS2811/WS2812