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Hardware Overview
How does it work?
LED Driver 18 Click is based on the TLC5947, a 24-channel 12-bit PWM LED driver from Texas Instruments. Each channel supports many LEDs in series connected to the LED terminal and has an individually-adjustable 4096-step PWM grayscale brightness control accessible through a serial interface port. It has a programmable current value of all 24 channels achievable through the AD5171, an I2C-configurable digital potentiometer, with a maximum of 30mA of LED current per channel. The TLC5947 also features a built-in thermal shutdown function that turns OFF all output drivers during an over-temperature condition.
All channels automatically restart when the temperature returns to normal conditions. LED Driver 18 Click communicates with MCU through a register-selectable standard SPI interface that enables a high clock speed of up to 30MHz for optimum performance. In addition to the interface signals, the TLC5947 uses another signal from the mikroBUS™ socket. The enable signal routed on the EN pin of the mikroBUS™ socket provides the ability to turn OFF all constant-current outputs. When the EN pin is in a high logic state, all channels (0-23) are forced OFF, the grayscale PWM timing controller initializes, and the grayscale counter
resets to 0. When the EN pin is in a low logic state is low, the grayscale PWM timing controller controls all LED channels. This Click board™ can operate with either 3.3V or 5V logic voltage levels selected via the VCC SEL jumper. This way, both 3.3V and 5V capable MCUs can use the communication lines properly. However, the Click board™ comes equipped with a library containing easy-to-use functions and an example code that can be used, as a reference, for further development.



Features overview
Development board
Flip&Click PIC32MZ is a compact development board designed as a complete solution that brings the flexibility of add-on Click boards™ to your favorite microcontroller, making it a perfect starter kit for implementing your ideas. It comes with an onboard 32-bit PIC32MZ microcontroller, the PIC32MZ2048EFH100 from Microchip, four mikroBUS™ sockets for Click board™ connectivity, two USB connectors, LED indicators, buttons, debugger/programmer connectors, and two headers compatible with Arduino-UNO pinout. Thanks to innovative manufacturing technology,
it allows you to build gadgets with unique functionalities and features quickly. Each part of the Flip&Click PIC32MZ development kit contains the components necessary for the most efficient operation of the same board. In addition, there is the possibility of choosing the Flip&Click PIC32MZ programming method, using the chipKIT bootloader (Arduino-style development environment) or our USB HID bootloader using mikroC, mikroBasic, and mikroPascal for PIC32. This kit includes a clean and regulated power supply block through the USB Type-C (USB-C) connector. All communication
methods that mikroBUS™ itself supports are on this board, including the well-established mikroBUS™ socket, user-configurable buttons, and LED indicators. Flip&Click PIC32MZ development kit allows you to create a new application in minutes. Natively supported by Mikroe software tools, it covers many aspects of prototyping thanks to a considerable number of different Click boards™ (over a thousand boards), the number of which is growing every day.
Microcontroller Overview
MCU Card / MCU

Architecture
PIC32
MCU Memory (KB)
2048
Silicon Vendor
Microchip
Pin count
100
RAM (Bytes)
524288
Used MCU Pins
mikroBUS™ mapper
Take a closer look
Click board™ Schematic

Step by step
Project assembly
Software Support
Library Description
This library contains API for LED Driver 18 Click driver.
Key functions:
leddriver18_set_output_pwmLED Driver 18 set output channel PWM value function.leddriver18_write_configLED Driver 18 write config function.leddriver18_set_cc_outputLED Driver 18 set constant current output function.
Open Source
Code example
The complete application code and a ready-to-use project are available through the NECTO Studio Package Manager for direct installation in the NECTO Studio. The application code can also be found on the MIKROE GitHub account.
/*!
* @file main.c
* @brief LED Driver 18 Click example
*
* # Description
* This library contains API for LED Driver 18 Click driver.
* The library initializes and defines the I2C bus drivers to
* write and read data for setting constant current output,
* as well as the default configuration for a PWM output value
* of the OUT pins.
*
* The demo application is composed of two sections :
*
* ## Application Init
* Initializes the driver and performs default configuration and sets
* the device in output enabled mode.
*
* ## Application Task
* This example demonstrates the use of the LED Driver 18 Click board by
* changing PWM values for all output from a minimum value to
* maximum value and back to minimum controlling the brightness of the
* LEDs in the process.
*
* @author Stefan Ilic
*
*/
#include "board.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "leddriver18.h"
static leddriver18_t leddriver18;
static log_t logger;
void application_init ( void )
{
log_cfg_t log_cfg; /**< Logger config object. */
leddriver18_cfg_t leddriver18_cfg; /**< Click config object. */
/**
* Logger initialization.
* Default baud rate: 115200
* Default log level: LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
* @note If USB_UART_RX and USB_UART_TX
* are defined as HAL_PIN_NC, you will
* need to define them manually for log to work.
* See @b LOG_MAP_USB_UART macro definition for detailed explanation.
*/
LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
log_info( &logger, " Application Init " );
// Click initialization.
leddriver18_cfg_setup( &leddriver18_cfg );
LEDDRIVER18_MAP_MIKROBUS( leddriver18_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
if ( I2C_MASTER_ERROR == leddriver18_init( &leddriver18, &leddriver18_cfg ) )
{
log_error( &logger, " Communication init." );
for ( ; ; );
}
if ( LEDDRIVER18_ERROR == leddriver18_default_cfg ( &leddriver18 ) )
{
log_error( &logger, " Default configuration." );
for ( ; ; );
}
log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
}
void application_task ( void )
{
float pwm_val;
for ( int8_t n_cnt = 0; n_cnt <= 100; n_cnt += 10 )
{
for ( uint8_t out_cnt = 0; out_cnt < LEDDRIVER18_MAX_OUTPUT_NUM; out_cnt++ )
{
leddriver18_set_output_pwm( out_cnt, n_cnt );
}
pwm_val = leddriver18_get_output_pwm( 0 );
log_printf( &logger, " PWM value: %.2f \r\n", pwm_val );
leddriver18_write_config( &leddriver18 );
Delay_ms ( 200 );
}
for ( int8_t n_cnt = 100; n_cnt >= 10; n_cnt -= 10 )
{
for ( uint8_t out_cnt = 0; out_cnt < LEDDRIVER18_MAX_OUTPUT_NUM; out_cnt++ )
{
leddriver18_set_output_pwm( out_cnt, n_cnt );
}
pwm_val = leddriver18_get_output_pwm( 0 );
log_printf( &logger, " PWM value: %.2f \r\n", pwm_val );
leddriver18_write_config( &leddriver18 );
Delay_ms ( 200 );
}
}
int main ( void )
{
/* Do not remove this line or clock might not be set correctly. */
#ifdef PREINIT_SUPPORTED
preinit();
#endif
application_init( );
for ( ; ; )
{
application_task( );
}
return 0;
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ END
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