rgbyteclock-code/led1642gw.c

/*
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42):
 * <struppi@struppi.name> wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you
 * can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think
 * this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return.
 * (c) 2014 Stefan Rupp
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */


#include <string.h>
#include "led1642gw.h"

#include "led1642gw_config.h"

#define NUM_LED1642GW_CHANNELS (16) // number of LED channels per IC

//total numer of channels. needed to calculate the buffer size.
#define NUM_LED_CHANNELS (NUM_LED1642GW_CHANNELS*NUM_LED1642GW_ICs)


/* The buffer to hold the LED values.
 * The data in this buffer can be manipulated with
 * e.g. led1642gw_set().
 * calling led1642gw_flush() sends the data in this buffer
 * the data registers of the LED1642 ICs.
 */
static uint16_t ledbuffer[NUM_LED_CHANNELS];
static uint16_t config_reg[3];

/*
 * Write 16 bits of \data, with LE set high
 * for the number of clock cycles specified in \le_clocks.
 * MSB comes first, LSB is last.
 */
static void write_data(uint16_t data, uint8_t le_clocks)
{
  uint16_t mask = 0x8000;
  int8_t bit;
  SET_LE_L();
  for (bit=15; bit>=le_clocks; bit--) {
	SET_CLK_L(); 
    if(data&mask) { SET_SDI_H(); }
    else { SET_SDI_L(); }
	SET_CLK_H();
    mask >>= 1;
  }
  
  SET_LE_H();
  for (/*noting to initialize*/; bit>=0; bit--) {
	SET_CLK_L();
    if(data&mask) { SET_SDI_H(); }
    else { SET_SDI_L(); }
	SET_CLK_H();
    mask >>= 1;
 }
  
  // set all pins to low after transmission
  SET_CLK_L();
  SET_LE_L();
  SET_SDI_L();
  
}


/*
 * Write data to BRIGHTNESS DATA LATCH register.
 * that means setting LE high for 3 or 4 clock cycles
 */
static void write_data_latch(uint16_t data)
{
  write_data(data, 4);
}


/* 
 * Write data to BRIGHTNESS GLOBAL LATCH register.
 * that means setting LE high for 5 or 6 clock cycles
 */
static void write_global_latch(uint16_t data)
{
  write_data(data, 6);
}


/*
 * This function shifts data through the 16bit shift
 * register of the LED1642GW, without writing the data
 * to any internal register of the IC.
 * This way, we can daisy chain an bunch of LED1642GW ICs,
 * and still get data through to any of those.
 */
static void write_no_command(uint16_t data)
{
  write_data(data, 0);
}


/*
 * Write data to CONFIG register.
 * that means setting LE high for 7 clock cycles
 */
void led1642gw_flush_config(void)
{
  uint8_t ic;
  for (ic=0; ic<(NUM_LED1642GW_ICs-1); ic++) {
    write_no_command(config_reg[ic]);
  }
  write_data(config_reg[ic], 7);
}


/* 
 * Turn all channels on, so the data in the DATA LATCH 
 * register affects the LEDs attached to the IC.
 */
void led1642gw_turn_all_on(void)
{
  
  uint8_t ic;
  for (ic=0; ic<(NUM_LED1642GW_ICs-1); ic++) {
    write_no_command(0xffff);
  }
  write_data(0xffff, 2);
}


/* 
 * Turn all channels off,
 */
void led1642gw_turn_all_off(void)
{
  uint8_t ic;
  for (ic=0; ic<(NUM_LED1642GW_ICs-1); ic++) {
    write_no_command(0x0000);
  }
  write_data(0x0000, 2);
}


/*
 * Initialize the pins of the ATMega processor
 * to drive the data signals to the ICs
 * and initialize the LED buffer to zero.
 */
void led1642gw_init(void)
{

  SET_CLK_L();
  SET_SDI_L();
  SET_LE_L();
  DDR_CLK |= (1<<PIN_CLK);
  DDR_SDI |= (1<<PIN_SDI);
  DDR_LE |= (1<<PIN_LE);
  memset(ledbuffer, 0x00, sizeof(ledbuffer));
  memset(config_reg, 0x00, sizeof(config_reg));
  led1642gw_flush();
}


/*
 * Transmit data from the ledbuffer to the BRIGHTNESS latches of
 * the LED driver ICs.
 * Let's assume, we have n LED1642GW ICs daisy chained. Then
 * we write n-1 times with write_no_command, to shift all
 * data through the 16bit shift registers of each of the ICs.
 * Then we once write with write_data_latch to store the data
 * in the BRIGHTNESS DATA registers of the respective ICs.
 * We do this for all but the last set of brightness data,
 * where we don't write to the DATA LATCH, but to the GLOBAL DATA LATCH.
 */
void led1642gw_flush(void)
{
  uint8_t channel;
  uint8_t ic;

  // for each of the first 15 channels, do the following:
  for (channel=0; channel<NUM_LED1642GW_CHANNELS-1; channel++) {
	  // shift data throught the first n-1 ICs with write_no_command
	  for (ic=0; ic<(NUM_LED1642GW_ICs-1); ic++) {
		  write_no_command(ledbuffer[channel+(NUM_LED1642GW_CHANNELS*ic)]);
	  }
	  // then, when the brightness data has propagated through the
	  // shift registers, write all data into the DATA LATCH of
	  // all of the ICs.
	  write_data_latch(ledbuffer[channel+(ic*NUM_LED1642GW_CHANNELS)]);
  }
  // for the 16th channel, we don't write to the DATA LATCH, but
  // to the CLOBAL data latch.
  // once more, we do the trick with write_no_command, to 
  // shift data through all the ICs
  for (ic=1; ic<NUM_LED1642GW_ICs; ic++) {
	  write_no_command(ledbuffer[(ic*NUM_LED1642GW_CHANNELS)-1]);
  }
  // than, at last, write data to the global latch, to force 
  // the ICs to update their brightness data from the DATA LATCHES.
  write_global_latch(ledbuffer[(ic*NUM_LED1642GW_CHANNELS)-1]);

}


void led1642gw_set_channel(uint8_t channel, uint16_t value)
{
  if (channel < NUM_LED_CHANNELS) {
    ledbuffer[channel] = value;
  }

}


void led1642gw_clear(void)
{
  memset(ledbuffer, 0x00, sizeof(ledbuffer));
}