funkyguy4000:
Okay so I noticed last night while building a circuitboard that the TLC5940 Grayscale clock (for the PWM function) is connected to the INT1 pin when set-up with an ATmega328p. When connecting it up like that on the 32U4, I noticeced the INT1 pin is also the SDA pin (for I2C/TWI). Unfortunatly my project requires the I2C bus for a different IC.
Can I change the grayscale pin for this to another pin and will still work?
Hi funkyguy4000
This fix works succesfully with my Leonardo. In my project, this library controls the TLCs using ICSP (center wires) and the 5, 9, 10 pins on Leonardo board. Moreover, i'm sending data to an Colorduino through I2C using SDA and SCL pins.
They works perfectly without change any pin map on this fix!
This code was really helpful to me, but in fact it isn't the only fix you need for the Leonardo to work with the TLC 5940. I tried running a servo motor off of it, but the pulse width was wrong. As it turns out there are some issues with the Timers used in Leonardo that are only half-addressed in the servo header file (as the GSCLK is running about 16 times too fast), but if you look at the Tlc5940.cpp file than you can figure it out.
This is the code that your tlc_servos.h file should look like if you want to run servos off of the TLC5940 with your Leonardo.
Cheers,
Erin
/* Copyright (c) 2009 by Alex Leone <acleone ~AT~ gmail.com>
This file is part of the Arduino TLC5940 Library.
The Arduino TLC5940 Library is free software: you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.
The Arduino TLC5940 Library is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with The Arduino TLC5940 Library. If not, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#ifndef TLC_SERVOS_H
#define TLC_SERVOS_H
/** \file
TLC servo functions. */
#include <avr/io.h>
#include "Tlc5940.h"
#ifndef SERVO_MAX_ANGLE
/** The maximum angle of the servo. */
#define SERVO_MAX_ANGLE 180
#endif
#ifndef SERVO_MIN_WIDTH
/** The 1ms pulse width for zero degrees (0 - 4095). Default 204 */
#define SERVO_MIN_WIDTH 204
#endif
#ifndef SERVO_MAX_WIDTH
/** The 2ms pulse width for 180 degrees (0 - 4095). Default 410*/
#define SERVO_MAX_WIDTH 410
#endif
#ifndef SERVO_TIMER1_TOP
/** The top value for XLAT and BLANK pulses. This is with the div8 prescale,
so
\f$\displaystyle f_{PWM} = \frac{f_{osc}}{2 * 8 * SERVO\_TIMER1\_TOP} \f$
The default is 20000, which corresponds to 50Hz. */
#define SERVO_TIMER1_TOP 20000
#endif
#ifndef SERVO_TIMER2_TOP
/** The top value for GSCLK pulses. Related to SERVO_TIMER1_TOP by
\f$\displaystyle SERVO\_TIMER2\_TOP =
\frac{2 * 8 * SERVO\_TIMER1\_TOP}{4096} - 1 \f$
The default is 77. */
#define SERVO_TIMER2_TOP 77
#endif
void tlc_initServos(uint8_t initAngle = 0);
void tlc_setServo(TLC_CHANNEL_TYPE channel, uint8_t angle);
uint8_t tlc_getServo(TLC_CHANNEL_TYPE channel);
uint16_t tlc_angleToVal(uint8_t angle);
uint8_t tlc_valToAngle(uint16_t value);
/** \addtogroup ExtendedFunctions
\code #include "tlc_servos.h" \endcode
- void tlc_initServos(uint8_t initAngle = 0) - initializes the tlc for
servos.
- void tlc_setServo(TLC_CHANNEL_TYPE channel, uint8_t angle) - sets a
servo to an angle
- uint8_t tlc_getServo(TLC_CHANNEL_TYPE channel) - gets the currently set
servo angle */
/* @{ */
/** Initializes the tlc.
\param initAngle the initial angle to set all servos to
(0 - SERVO_MAX_ANGLE). */
void tlc_initServos(uint8_t initAngle)
{
Tlc.init(tlc_angleToVal(initAngle));
TCCR1B &= ~(_BV(CS12) | _BV(CS11) | _BV(CS10)); // stop timer1
ICR1 = SERVO_TIMER1_TOP;
TCNT1 = 0;
#ifdef TLC_ATMEGA_8_H
uint8_t oldTCCR2 = TCCR2;
TCCR2 = 0;
TCNT2 = 0;
OCR2 = SERVO_TIMER2_TOP / 2;
TCCR2 = oldTCCR2;
#elif defined(TLC_TIMER3_GSCLK)
uint8_t oldTCCR3B = TCCR3B;
TCCR3B = 0;
TCNT3 = 0;
ICR3 = SERVO_TIMER2_TOP;
TCCR3B = oldTCCR3B;
#else
uint8_t oldTCCR2B = TCCR2B;
TCCR2B = 0;
TCNT2 = 0;
OCR2A = SERVO_TIMER2_TOP;
TCCR2B = oldTCCR2B;
#endif
TCCR1B |= _BV(CS11); // start timer1 with div 8 prescale
}
/** Sets a servo on channel to angle.
\param channel which channel to set
\param angle (0 - SERVO_MAX_ANGLE) */
void tlc_setServo(TLC_CHANNEL_TYPE channel, uint8_t angle)
{
Tlc.set(channel, tlc_angleToVal(angle));
}
/** Gets the current angle that channel is set to.
\param channel which channel to get */
uint8_t tlc_getServo(TLC_CHANNEL_TYPE channel)
{
return tlc_valToAngle(Tlc.get(channel));
}
/** Converts and angle (0 - SERVO_MAX_ANGLE) to the inverted tlc channel value
(4095 - 0). */
uint16_t tlc_angleToVal(uint8_t angle)
{
return 4095 - SERVO_MIN_WIDTH - (
((uint16_t)(angle) * (uint16_t)(SERVO_MAX_WIDTH - SERVO_MIN_WIDTH))
/ SERVO_MAX_ANGLE);
}
/** Converts an inverted tlc channel value (4095 - 0) into an angle (0 -
SERVO_MAX_ANGLE). */
uint8_t tlc_valToAngle(uint16_t value)
{
return SERVO_MAX_ANGLE * (4095 - SERVO_MIN_WIDTH - value)
/ (SERVO_MAX_WIDTH - SERVO_MIN_WIDTH);
}
/* @} */
#endif
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dodgerts:
Nvermind. I have figured it out myself.
The only thing I do not understand so far is what you do with the Rx Led pin...
Hello,
I know this post is already dated. However, since you asked for the pin mapping and figured it out yourself it would have been cool if you would have provided that mapping. Maybe you still have it somewhere and could post it here for reasons of documentation and helping out a n00b.
I just want to confirm that I got the TLC5940 running with an Arduino Micro, which also is based on the ATmega32u4 and similar to the Leonardo.
I did not have to change anything in the TLC driver (except the NUM_TLCS in the tlc_config.h), the original Teensy support in the TLC library is working fine. Here is the pin mapping for the Arduino Micro:
blaugelbweiss:
I just want to confirm that I got the TLC5940 running with an Arduino Micro, which also is based on the ATmega32u4 and similar to the Leonardo.
I did not have to change anything in the TLC driver (except the NUM_TLCS in the tlc_config.h), the original Teensy support in the TLC library is working fine. Here is the pin mapping for the Arduino Micro:
Arduino Micro
TLC5940
SCK (Pin 17)
-->
SCLK (Pin 25)
MOSI (Pin 18)
-->
SIN (Pin 26)
D9 (Pin 31)
-->
XLAT (Pin 24)
D10 (Pin 32)
-->
BLANK (Pin 23)
D5 (Pin 27)
-->
GSCLK (Pin 18)
I don't know how relevant this is now but I want to confirm that this pin mapping works for Arduino Micro without any change to the TLC5940 library. This helped me a lot. Thank you.