Hi All,
I have 4 RGB's set up through a 595 Shift register. The first from QA is connected to red only. The second is connected to QB, QC and QD. This illuminates each colour in sequence as per the delay. The third is connected to QE, QF and QG, same effect as pervious. The fourth, QH is connected red only. What I would like to do with the second LED is have pins QB, QC and QD high at same time and have provision to select colours IE 225, 135, 168. I could then apply this to other LED's as I add more registers.
Thanks,
Davy.
//Pin connected to ST_CP of 74HC595
int latchPin = 8;
//Pin connected to SH_CP of 74HC595
int clockPin = 12;
////Pin connected to DS of 74HC595
int dataPin = 11;
//holder for infromation you're going to pass to shifting function
byte data = 0;
void setup() {
//set pins to output because they are addressed in the main loop
pinMode(latchPin, OUTPUT);
}
void loop() {
//function that blinks all the LEDs
//gets passed the number of blinks and the pause time
blinkAll_2Bytes(4,2000);
// light each pin one by one using a function A
for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
//ground latchPin and hold low for as long as you are transmitting
digitalWrite(latchPin, 0);
//red LEDs
lightShiftPinA(8-j);
//green LEDs
lightShiftPinA(j);
//return the latch pin high to signal chip that it
//no longer needs to listen for information
digitalWrite(latchPin, 1);
delay(1500);
}
// light each pin one by one using a function A
for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
//ground latchPin and hold low for as long as you are transmitting
digitalWrite(latchPin, 0);
//red LEDs
lightShiftPinB(j);
//green LEDs
lightShiftPinB(7-j);
//return the latch pin high to signal chip that it
//no longer needs to listen for information
digitalWrite(latchPin, 1);
delay(1000);
}
}
//This function uses bitwise math to move the pins up
void lightShiftPinA(int p) {
//defines a local variable
int pin;
//this is line uses a bitwise operator
//shifting a bit left using << is the same
//as multiplying the decimal number by two.
pin = 1<< p;
//move 'em out
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, pin);
}
//This function uses that fact that each bit in a byte
//is 2 times greater than the one before it to
//shift the bits higher
void lightShiftPinB(int p) {
//defines a local variable
int pin;
//start with the pin = 1 so that if 0 is passed to this
//function pin 0 will light.
pin = 1;
for (int x = 0; x < p; x++) {
pin = pin * 2;
}
//move 'em out
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, pin);
}
// the heart of the program
void shiftOut(int myDataPin, int myClockPin, byte myDataOut) {
// This shifts 8 bits out MSB first,
//on the rising edge of the clock,
//clock idles low
//internal function setup
int i=0;
int pinState;
pinMode(myClockPin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(myDataPin, OUTPUT);
//clear everything out just in case to
//prepare shift register for bit shifting
digitalWrite(myDataPin, 0);
digitalWrite(myClockPin, 0);
//for each bit in the byte myDataOut�
//NOTICE THAT WE ARE COUNTING DOWN in our for loop
//This means that %00000001 or "1" will go through such
//that it will be pin Q0 that lights.
for (i=7; i>=0; i--) {
digitalWrite(myClockPin, 0);
//if the value passed to myDataOut and a bitmask result
// true then... so if we are at i=6 and our value is
// %11010100 it would the code compares it to %01000000
// and proceeds to set pinState to 1.
if ( myDataOut & (1<<i) ) {
pinState= 1;
}
else {
pinState= 0;
}
//Sets the pin to HIGH or LOW depending on pinState
digitalWrite(myDataPin, pinState);
//register shifts bits on upstroke of clock pin
digitalWrite(myClockPin, 1);
//zero the data pin after shift to prevent bleed through
digitalWrite(myDataPin, 0);
}
//stop shifting
digitalWrite(myClockPin, 0);
}
//blinks both registers based on the number of times you want to
//blink "n" and the pause between them "d"
//starts with a moment of darkness to make sure the first blink
//has its full visual effect.
void blinkAll_2Bytes(int n, int d) {
digitalWrite(latchPin, 0);
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, 0);
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, 0);
digitalWrite(latchPin, 1);
delay(200);
for (int x = 0; x < n; x++) {
digitalWrite(latchPin, 0);
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, 255);
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, 255);
digitalWrite(latchPin, 1);
delay(d);
digitalWrite(latchPin, 0);
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, 0);
shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, 0);
digitalWrite(latchPin, 1);
delay(d);
}
}
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