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pboard controlling WS2801 ledstrip over SPI

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:22 am
by klankschap
Has anyone experience controlling an Adafruit WS2801 led strip over SPI using the micro python on the pyboard?

Thanks
Floris

Re: pboard controlling WS2801 ledstrip over SPI

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:15 pm
by razanur
Works pretty much out of the box. I wrote this code for mine:

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N_LED = const(100)
DEFAULT_COLOR = {'r': 0xff, 'g': 0xA0, 'b': 0xA0}

class WS2801:

  def __init__(self, num_led, spi):
    self.NUM_LED = num_led
    self._databuffer = bytearray(3*num_led)
    self._spi = spi
    # Check if baud frequency adequate.

  def set_led(self, num, r=0x00, g=0x00, b=0x00):
    if num < self.NUM_LED:
      self._databuffer[num*3] = r
      self._databuffer[num*3+1] = b
      self._databuffer[num*3+2] = g
    else:
      print("Command ignored. LED out of index!")

  def write(self, clear=False):
    self._spi.write(self._databuffer)
    if clear:
      self.clear()

  def clear(self, default=0x00):
    for i in range(len(self._databuffer)):
      self._databuffer[i] = default

  def set_all(self, r=0xff, g=0xff, b=0xff):
    for i in range(self.NUM_LED):
      self.set_led(num=i, r=r, g=g, b=b)
      
hspi = SPI(1, baudrate=int(250e3), sck=Pin(14), mosi=Pin(13), miso=Pin(12))
print("Initialize WS2801 handler")
ws_handler = WS2801.WS2801(spi=hspi, num_led=N_LED)

print("Test LEDs")
ws_handler.clear()
ws_handler.write()
for i in range(N_LED):
  ws_handler.clear()
  ws_handler.set_led(num=i, **DEFAULT_COLOR)
  ws_handler.write()
  time.sleep_ms(100)
ws_handler.clear()
ws_handler.write()
      
Good luck.

Re: pboard controlling WS2801 ledstrip over SPI

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:17 pm
by razanur
Also, you'll probably have to cheat to get to the 5V logic level: https://hackaday.com/2017/01/20/cheatin ... -data-line

Re: pboard controlling WS2801 ledstrip over SPI

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:43 pm
by Ricardo
Thanks for the code, razanur! I hope you don't mind me using and sharing your code (with credits) on a small project. If anyone is interested, you can see the PC and ESP32 code on Github:

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