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 /*
Copyright (c) 2011 Thomas Olsson.

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#ifndef WS2801_H
#define WS2801_H

#include "mbed.h"
#include "HTML_color.h"


/** WS2801 class, controlling LED strips or arrays like this http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10312
*
* the WS2801 IC's are 5V but works well connected directly to mbed IO pins.
*
* You need a 5V power supply capable of about 2A to light up a 32 led strip, do NOT power from mbed(usb).
*
* the required reset delay is a blocking wait(), it can be lowered (or set to 0) if you want to use the
* time for executing code instead, data sheet says 500us but i found it need at least 800us.
*
* Example:
* @code
*#include "mbed.h"
*#include "ws2801.h"
*
*#define STRIP_LENGTH 32
*
*ws2801 mystrip(p9, p10, STRIP_LENGTH);
*
*int dir=1, level=10;
*int rainbow[] = {0xff00ff,0xff00cc,0xff0099,0xff0066,0xff0033,0xff0000,0xff3300,0xff6600,
*                 0xff9900,0xffcc00,0xffff00,0xccff00,0x99ff00,0x66ff00,0x33ff00,0x00ff00,
*                 0x00ff33,0x00ff66,0x00ff99,0x00ffcc,0x00ffff,0x00ccff,0x0099ff,0x0066ff,
*                 0x0033ff,0x0000ff,0x3300ff,0x6600ff,0x9900ff,0xcc00ff,0x9900ff,0x6600ff
*                };
*               
*void move(void){
*    int temp = rainbow[31];
*    for (int x = (STRIP_LENGTH - 1) ; x > 0 ; x--) rainbow[x] = rainbow[x - 1];
*    rainbow[0] = temp;
*}    
*
*void pulse(void){
*    if(dir)
*      {
*      mystrip.level(level+=2);
*      if(level >= 100)dir = 0;
*      }
*    else if(!dir)
*    {
*    mystrip.level(level--);
*    if(level <= 5)dir = 1;    
*    }
*}
*      
*int main() {
*    mystrip.level(level);
*    while(1)
*      {
*      move();
*      pulse();
*      mystrip.post(rainbow);
*      wait_ms(100);
*      }
*}
* @endcode
 */
class ws2801 
{
public:
    /** Create a new ws2801 object
    * 
    *     
    * @param CKI clock pin
    * @param SDI data  pin
    * @param STRIP_LENGTH number of ws2801 IC's i strip or array defaults to 32
    * @param reset_delay delay in us to allow latching data defaults to 800
    * @returns nothing   
    */
    ws2801(PinName CKI, PinName SDI, int STRIP_LENGTH = 32, int reset_delay = 800);
    /** write RGB color data to strip or array
    * 
    * color data for each LED is 3 bytes int the order of rrggbb.
    * array must have STRIP_LENGTH number of elements
    *
    * @param strip_colors array of color data
    */
    void post(int *strip_colors);
    /** clears the array or strip (all off)
    */    
    void clear(void);
    /** set level of the entire array 0-100%
    * 
    * at low levels the colors may change because R,G or B
    * reaches 0.
    *
    * @param level level in percent
    * @returns current level
    */
    int level(int level=0);
    /** get/set reset/write delay
    * 
    * mainly for experimenting with reset values without recompiling,
    * leave at default to begin with & then lower to get faster execution.
    *
    * @param delay delay in us
    * @returns delay in us
    */    
    int delay(uint32_t reset_delay=800);
  
private:  
    DigitalOut _CKI;
    DigitalOut _SDI;
    int _STRIP_LENGTH;
    int _level;
    int _reset_delay;
};

#endif