7 Segment LED Displaydriver, I2C interface, SAA1064

Dependents:   812_hello

Revision:
1:79cb73f852da
Parent:
0:48adc4a70511
Child:
2:970360b29a2a
--- a/SAA1064.cpp	Sun Sep 08 22:23:52 2013 +0000
+++ b/SAA1064.cpp	Tue Sep 10 19:59:35 2013 +0000
@@ -8,30 +8,24 @@
 #include "mbed.h"
 #include "SAA1064.h"
 
-/** Create an SAA1064 object connected to the specified I2C object and using the specified deviceAddress
- *
- * @param I2C &i2c the I2C port to connect to 
- * @param char deviceAddress the address of the SAA1064
-*/
-SAA1064::SAA1064(I2C *i2c, char deviceAddress) : _i2c(i2c) {
+
+/** Create a SAA1064 LED displaydriver object using a specified I2C bus and slaveaddress
+  *
+  * @param I2C &i2c the I2C port to connect to 
+  * @param char deviceAddress the address of the SAA1064
+  */  
+SAA1064::SAA1064(I2C *i2c, uint8_t deviceAddress) : _i2c(i2c) {
 
    _slaveAddress = deviceAddress;
    _init(); 
 };
 
-char SAA1064::read() {
-  char tmp = 0;
-  
-  return tmp;
-};
-
-void SAA1064::write(char byte) {
-};
-
-
-
-void SAA1064::setIntensity(unsigned char intensity) {
-  char data[6];
+/** Set segment brightness
+  *
+  * @param intensity       intensity value, valid Range between 0-7, 0 = 0 mA/segment, 1 = 3 mA/segment etc 
+  */  
+void SAA1064::setIntensity(uint8_t intensity) {
+  uint8_t data[6];
   
   intensity = (intensity & 0x07) << 4;        // Valid Range between 0-7
                                               //  0 = 0 mA/segment, 1 = 3 mA/segment etc 
@@ -39,14 +33,20 @@
   data[1] = SAA1064_CTRL_DEF | intensity;     // Init Control Reg
 
   // write data to the display
-  _i2c->write(_slaveAddress, data, 2);  
+  _i2c->write(_slaveAddress, (char*) data, 2);  
 
 };
 
 
-
-void SAA1064::write(unsigned char digit1, unsigned char digit2, unsigned char digit3, unsigned char digit4) {
-  char data[6];
+/** Write digits 
+  *
+  * @param digit1  LED segment pattern for digit1 (MSB) 
+  * @param digit2  LED segment pattern for digit2 
+  * @param digit3  LED segment pattern for digit3
+  * @param digit4  LED segment pattern for digit4 (LSB)       
+  */  
+void SAA1064::write(uint8_t digit1, uint8_t digit2, uint8_t digit3, uint8_t digit4) {
+  uint8_t data[6];
   
   data[0] = SAA1064_DIG1;                     // Select Digit1 Reg
   data[1] = digit1;                           // Digit 1
@@ -55,13 +55,20 @@
   data[4] = digit4;                           // Digit 4
 
   // write data to the display
-  _i2c->write(_slaveAddress, data, 5);   
+  _i2c->write(_slaveAddress, (char*) data, 5);   
 
 };
 
-void SAA1064::writeInt(int value, unsigned char dp_digit, bool leading) {
-  unsigned char digit_value;
-  char data[6];  
+
+/** Write Integer 
+  *
+  * @param value     integer value to display, valid range -999...9999 
+  * @param dp_digit  digit where decimal point is set, valid range 1..4 (no DP shown for dp_digit = 0)
+  * @param leading   suppress leading zero (false=show leading zero, true=suppress leading zero)
+  */  
+void SAA1064::writeInt(int value, uint8_t dp_digit, bool leading) {
+  uint8_t digit_value;
+  uint8_t data[6];  
 
   data[0] = SAA1064_DIG1;                     // Select Digit1 Reg
   
@@ -139,13 +146,72 @@
   } 
 
   // write data to the display
-  _i2c->write(_slaveAddress, data, 5);   
+  _i2c->write(_slaveAddress, (char*) data, 5);   
      
 };
 
+/** snake: show a short animation
+  *
+  * @param count     number of times animation is repeated, valid range 0..15 
+  *
+  */  
+void SAA1064::snake(uint8_t count) {
+  uint8_t i;
+  const float step = 0.1;
+//  const float loop = 0.1;
+  
+  count = count & 0x0F; // Limit max count
+    
+  for (i=0; i<count; i++) {
+    write(0x00,0x00,0x00,0x01); wait(step); 
+    write(0x00,0x00,0x01,0x01); wait(step);     
+    write(0x00,0x01,0x01,0x01); wait(step); 
+    write(0x01,0x01,0x01,0x00); wait(step); 
+    write(0x21,0x01,0x00,0x00); wait(step);     
+    write(0x31,0x00,0x00,0x00); wait(step);         
+    write(0x38,0x00,0x00,0x00); wait(step);         
+    write(0x18,0x08,0x00,0x00); wait(step);         
+    write(0x08,0x08,0x08,0x00); wait(step);         
+    write(0x00,0x08,0x08,0x08); wait(step);           
+    write(0x00,0x00,0x08,0x0C); wait(step);         
+    write(0x00,0x00,0x00,0x0E); wait(step);         
+    write(0x00,0x00,0x00,0x06); wait(step);         
+    write(0x00,0x00,0x00,0x02); wait(step);         
+    write(0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00); wait(step);             
+                                        
+//    wait(loop)    
+  }
 
+}        
+
+
+/** splash: show a short animation
+  *
+  * @param count     number of times animation is repeated, valid range 0..15 
+  *
+  */  
+void SAA1064::splash (uint8_t count){  
+  uint8_t i;
+  const float step = 0.3;
+//  const float loop = 0.1;
+  
+  count = count & 0x0F; // Limit max count
+    
+  for (i=0; i<count; i++) {
+    write(0x00,0x40,0x40,0x00); wait(step);       
+    write(0x39,0x09,0x09,0x0F); wait(step); 
+                                        
+//    wait(loop)    
+  }
+  write(0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00);
+}        
+
+
+/** Initialise LED driver 
+  *
+  */  
 void SAA1064::_init() { 
-  char data[6];
+  uint8_t data[6];
   
   data[0] = SAA1064_CTRL;                     // Select Control Reg
   data[1] = SAA1064_CTRL_DEF | SAA1064_INT3;  // Init Control Reg
@@ -160,6 +226,6 @@
 //  data[5] = SAA1064_ALL;                      // Digit 4: All Segments On     
 
   // write data to the display
-  _i2c->write(_slaveAddress, data, 6);  
+  _i2c->write(_slaveAddress, (char*) data, 6);  
   
 };