Here is a quick and ugly code to drive 50 WS2801 LED modules on a Espruino board:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 | var nrOfPixels = 50; var rgb = new Uint8Array(nrOfPixels*3); var k=0,jj=0; SPI2.setup({baud:1000000, mosi:B15, sck:B13 }); USB.setup({baudrate:115200}); var serialBuffer = createRingBuffer(3); function sendDataOut() { SPI2.send(rgb); } setInterval(function() { jj=k; for (var i=0;i<rgb.length;i+=3) { wheel(i, k++); } k=(jj+1)%255; sendDataOut(); //} }, 15); console.log("init done"); Pin.prototype.startFlashing = function(period) { var me = this; var on = false; setInterval(function() { on = !on; digitalWrite(me, on); }, period); }; LED3.startFlashing(500); function wheel(ofs, pos) { pos %= 255; if (pos < 86) { Color(ofs, pos * 3, 255 - pos * 3, 0); } else if (pos < 171) { pos -= 85; Color(ofs, 255 - pos * 3, 0, pos * 3); } else { pos -= 170; Color(ofs, 0, pos * 3, 255 - pos * 3); } } function Color(ofs, r,g,b) { rgb[ofs] = r%255; rgb[ofs+1] = g%255; rgb[ofs+2] = b%255; } |
This sketch displays a simple rainbow pattern. I goal is a Espruino firmware for PixelController… we’ll see