I'm currently working on my second project working with arduino, and have been having trouble getting my prototype to work. The goal is to have dynamic control over around 180 multiplexed LEDs, and then to create algorithmic behaviours for the led's. All of the behaviours are being coded in Max, and all I want arduino to do is control the lighting of LEDs.
Right now I'm working in a 3x3 grid (with the anodes of led's connected in columns, and the cathodes in rows). I would like to send cell-data from Max in the form of [0, 0, 0] //column(0 to 2), row(0 to 2), state(0 or 1). Then I would like arduino to write them into a state array table, and figure out how to light them up. My current code works to light up individual led's correctly, but I am getting unwanted led's lighting up when I have multiple turned on. I was hoping that there would be a straight forward answer to this problem that would avoid IC chips, but I do have some 74HC595 handy. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
ex)
The states: Would also cause: The states: Would also cause: But:
0 1 0 X 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 1 0 0
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 0 1 0 0 0 would work fine...
This is my code:
const int numCols = 3;
const int numRows = 3;
const int colPins[numCols] = {2,3,4}; //column pins
const int rowPins[numRows] = {5,6,7}; //row pins
boolean state[numRows][numCols] = {
{0,0,0},
{0,0,0},
{0,0,0}
};
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(57600);
//setup pins
for (int column = 0; column < numCols; column++)
{
pinMode(colPins[column], OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(colPins[column],LOW);
}
for (int row = 0; row < numRows; row++)
{
pinMode(rowPins[row], OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(rowPins[row],LOW);
}
}
void loop()
{
getCellData();
lightUp();
}
void getCellData()
{
//get chunk of three numbers, corresponding to matrixctl cell, row, and state
if (Serial.available() == 3)
{
char a = Serial.read();
char b = Serial.read();
char c = Serial.read();
//write data to state array table
state[a][b] = c;
}
}
void lightUp()
{
for (int row = 0; row < numRows; row++)
for (int column = 0; column < numCols; column++) {
if (state[row][column]) {
digitalWrite(colPins[column],LOW);
digitalWrite(rowPins[row],HIGH);
}
else {
digitalWrite(colPins[column],HIGH);
digitalWrite(rowPins[row],LOW);
}
}
}