APA102 Module

Since Origin / Contributor Maintainer Source
2016-01-26 Robert Foss Robert Foss apa102.c

This module provides Lua access to APA102 RGB LEDs which are similar in function to the common WS2812 addressable LEDs.

DotStar LEDs are 5050-sized LEDs with an embedded micro controller inside the LED. You can set the color/brightness of each LED to 24-bit color (8 bits each red green and blue). Each LED acts like a shift register, reading incoming color data on the input pins, and then shifting the previous color data out on the output pin. By sending a long string of data, you can control an infinite number of LEDs, just tack on more or cut off unwanted LEDs at the end.

source: Adafruit

Caution

This module has an optional dependency to the pixbuf module i.e. it can work without. However, if you compile the firmware without pixbuf the respective features will be missing from this module.

apa102.write()

Send ABGR data in 8 bits to a APA102 chain.

Syntax

apa102.write(data_pin, clock_pin, string)

Parameters

  • data_pin any GPIO pin 0, 1, 2, ...
  • clock_pin any GPIO pin 0, 1, 2, ...
  • data payload to be sent to one or more APA102 LEDs.

It may be a pixbuf with four channels or a string, composed from a ABGR quadruplet per element:

- `A1` the first pixel's Intensity channel (0-31)
- `B1` the first pixel's Blue channel (0-255)<br />
- `G1` the first pixel's Green channel (0-255)
- `R1` the first pixel's Red channel (0-255)
... You can connect a lot of APA102 ...
- `A2`, `B2`, `G2`, `R2` are the next APA102s Intensity, Blue, Green and Red channel parameters

Returns

nil

Example 1

a = 31
b = 0
g = 0
r = 255
leds_abgr = string.char(a, b, g, r, a, b, g, r)
apa102.write(2, 3, leds_abgr) -- turn two APA102s to red, connected to data_pin 2 and clock_pin 3

Example 2

-- set the first 30 leds to red
apa102.write(2, 3, string.char(31, 255, 0, 0):rep(30))