I have two shiftbrites with powered by an external supply and hooked to an Arduino Duemilanova.
I have tried several sample codes and I am unable to get anything but rapidly flashing dim lights.
I have tried the code below and I only get a dim blink every 2 seconds. This makes me think that the shiftbrite requires that I continually pump it new values to keep it lit up. I was under the impression that the light would stay the last color that you send it.
If I remove the delay, I get rapid dim blinks and still no good color out of the LED.
Here is my code.
#define clockpin 13 // CI
#define enablepin 10 // EI
#define latchpin 9 // LI
#define datapin 11 // DI
#define NumLEDs 2
int LEDChannels[NumLEDs][3] = {0};
int SB_CommandMode;
int SB_RedCommand;
int SB_GreenCommand;
int SB_BlueCommand;
void setup() {
pinMode(datapin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(latchpin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(enablepin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(clockpin, OUTPUT);
SPCR = (1<<SPE)|(1<<MSTR)|(0<<SPR1)|(0<<SPR0);
digitalWrite(latchpin, LOW);
digitalWrite(enablepin, LOW);
}
void SB_SendPacket() {
if (SB_CommandMode == B01) {
SB_RedCommand = 120;
SB_GreenCommand = 100;
SB_BlueCommand = 100;
}
SPDR = SB_CommandMode << 6 | SB_BlueCommand>>4;
while(!(SPSR & (1<<SPIF)));
SPDR = SB_BlueCommand<<4 | SB_RedCommand>>6;
while(!(SPSR & (1<<SPIF)));
SPDR = SB_RedCommand << 2 | SB_GreenCommand>>8;
while(!(SPSR & (1<<SPIF)));
SPDR = SB_GreenCommand;
while(!(SPSR & (1<<SPIF)));
}
void WriteLEDArray() {
SB_CommandMode = B00; // Write to PWM control registers
for (int h = 0;h<NumLEDs;h++) {
SB_RedCommand = LEDChannels[h][0];
SB_GreenCommand = LEDChannels[h][1];
SB_BlueCommand = LEDChannels[h][2];
SB_SendPacket();
}
delayMicroseconds(15);
digitalWrite(latchpin,HIGH); // latch data into registers
delayMicroseconds(15);
digitalWrite(latchpin,LOW);
SB_CommandMode = B01; // Write to current control registers
for (int z = 0; z < NumLEDs; z++) SB_SendPacket();
delayMicroseconds(15);
digitalWrite(latchpin,HIGH); // latch data into registers
delayMicroseconds(15);
digitalWrite(latchpin,LOW);
}
void loop() {
LEDChannels[0][0] = 1023;
LEDChannels[0][1] = 0;
LEDChannels[0][2] = 0;
LEDChannels[1][0] = 0;
LEDChannels[1][1] = 0;
LEDChannels[1][2] = 1023;
WriteLEDArray();
delay(2000);
}
Thank you in advance for any support!
