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: main.cpp
- Revision:
- 37:e25d212ee3fe
- Parent:
- 36:9ee1ec2135d5
- Child:
- 38:3b1ce6902a1b
diff -r 9ee1ec2135d5 -r e25d212ee3fe main.cpp
--- a/main.cpp Fri Jun 12 18:23:46 2015 -0700
+++ b/main.cpp Fri Jun 12 20:13:03 2015 -0700
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
static void selfTestLightStrips()
{
pc.printf("light strips");
- uint8_t rgb[4] = { 255 * maxBrite, 0, 0, 0 };
+ uint8_t rgb[4] = { (uint8_t)(255 * maxBrite), 0, 0, 0 };
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
showSolidColor(lightStrip1, rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2]);
showSolidColor(lightStrip2, rgb[1], rgb[2], rgb[0]);
@@ -161,10 +161,12 @@
selfTest();
float xyz[3];
+ unsigned rep = 0;
for (;;) {
+ rep ++;
acc.getAccAllAxis(xyz);
- pc.printf("x: %f y: %f z: %f\r\n", xyz[0], xyz[1], xyz[2]);
+ pc.printf("%8u x: %f y: %f z: %f\r\n", rep, xyz[0], xyz[1], xyz[2]);
rled = 1.0 - fabs(xyz[0]);
gled = 1.0 - fabs(xyz[1]);
eyes = fabs(xyz[2]);
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@
showRainbow(lightStrip2, 1.0, maxBrite, fabs(xyz[1]));
MyWS2811::startDMA();
MyWS2811::wait_for_dma_done();
- wait(0.000055);
+ wait_us(100);
}
}
Ned Konz


Generic WS2811/WS2812