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by astraios
Sun Mar 01, 2015 1:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: RTC stops when unpowered
Replies: 2
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RTC stops when unpowered

Hi! I connected a backup battery to VBAT in order to keep the time when the pyBoard is unpowered. It actually keeps the time - but the RTC seems to stop while the pyBoard is unpowered. So, when the pyBoard is powered and I set the RTC to 12:34 programmatically - after unpowering and powering the pyB...
by astraios
Thu Nov 06, 2014 6:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: WS2801 with SPI on Micropython
Replies: 2
Views: 4610

Re: WS2801 with SPI on Micropython

I am using v1.3.5 from 2014-10-29 on pyB v1.0.
It seems to be working now with both polarity and phase set to 0. I don't know why it didn't work before. Probably was a wiring issue.
It also seems to work with 20MHz clock speed. Nice :D
Thanks for the support!
by astraios
Sat Nov 01, 2014 7:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: WS2801 with SPI on Micropython
Replies: 2
Views: 4610

WS2801 with SPI on Micropython

Hi! I am trying to get my custom built RGB LED display running with my pyBoard. It's based on WS2803 chips which are basically 18-channel WS2801 (Protocol described here on page 6: http://www.jarzebski.pl/datasheets/WS2803.pdf ). I already tried bit banging the protocol which worked. But this is a b...