Uncover the magic of this compact add-on board, combining rotary input control and dynamic LED lighting for captivating user experiences
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Hardware Overview
How does it work?
Rotary O Click is based on two 74HC595 SPI-configurable 8-bit shift registers from Texas Instruments. Combined with a high-quality rotary encoder, the EC12D1564402 allows you to add a precision input knob to your design. The EC12D1564402 incremental rotary encoder is surrounded by a ring of 16 orange LEDs where a single rotation is divided into 15 discrete steps (in contrast to a potentiometer, a rotary encoder can be spun around continuously). This Click board™ is an ideal solution for building various HMI applications where precise input is required, but also for some interesting visual effects to any application. As mentioned, this Click board™ uses the EC12D1564402, a 15-pulse incremental rotary
encoder with a push-button, from ALPS. This encoder has unique mechanical specifications (debouncing time for its internal switches goes down to 2ms) and can withstand many switching cycles, up to 30.000. The supporting debouncing circuitry allows contacts to settle before the output is triggered fully. The 74HC595 controls each LED individually positioned in a ring around the encoder through a standard SPI interface with a maximum frequency of 5MHz. Rotating the encoder, it outputs A and B signals (out of phase to each other) on the two mikroBUS™ lines, AN and PWM pins of the mikroBUS™ socket, alongside the push-button contact, which outputs through the interrupt line of the mikroBUS™
socket. The 74HC595 also has a Reset feature used across the RST mikroBUS™ line. Finally, the Rotary O Click uses the 74LVC1T45, a single-bit, dual-power supply translating transceiver with three state outputs from Diodes Incorporated for rotary encoder voltage logic translation. This Click board™ can operate with either 3.3V or 5V logic voltage levels selected via the PWR SEL jumper. This way, both 3.3V and 5V capable MCUs can use the communication lines properly. Also, this 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
Arduino UNO is a versatile microcontroller board built around the ATmega328P chip. It offers extensive connectivity options for various projects, featuring 14 digital input/output pins, six of which are PWM-capable, along with six analog inputs. Its core components include a 16MHz ceramic resonator, a USB connection, a power jack, an
ICSP header, and a reset button, providing everything necessary to power and program the board. The Uno is ready to go, whether connected to a computer via USB or powered by an AC-to-DC adapter or battery. As the first USB Arduino board, it serves as the benchmark for the Arduino platform, with "Uno" symbolizing its status as the
first in a series. This name choice, meaning "one" in Italian, commemorates the launch of Arduino Software (IDE) 1.0. Initially introduced alongside version 1.0 of the Arduino Software (IDE), the Uno has since become the foundational model for subsequent Arduino releases, embodying the platform's evolution.
Microcontroller Overview
MCU Card / MCU
Architecture
AVR
MCU Memory (KB)
32
Silicon Vendor
Microchip
Pin count
28
RAM (Bytes)
2048
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Accessories
Click Shield for Arduino UNO has two proprietary mikroBUS™ sockets, allowing all the Click board™ devices to be interfaced with the Arduino UNO board without effort. The Arduino Uno, a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328P, provides an affordable and flexible way for users to try out new concepts and build prototypes with the ATmega328P microcontroller from various combinations of performance, power consumption, and features. The Arduino Uno has 14 digital input/output pins (of which six can be used as PWM outputs), six analog inputs, a 16 MHz ceramic resonator (CSTCE16M0V53-R0), a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and reset button. Most of the ATmega328P microcontroller pins are brought to the IO pins on the left and right edge of the board, which are then connected to two existing mikroBUS™ sockets. This Click Shield also has several switches that perform functions such as selecting the logic levels of analog signals on mikroBUS™ sockets and selecting logic voltage levels of the mikroBUS™ sockets themselves. Besides, the user is offered the possibility of using any Click board™ with the help of existing bidirectional level-shifting voltage translators, regardless of whether the Click board™ operates at a 3.3V or 5V logic voltage level. Once you connect the Arduino UNO board with our Click Shield for Arduino UNO, you can access hundreds of Click boards™, working with 3.3V or 5V logic voltage levels.
Used MCU Pins
mikroBUS™ mapper
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Schematic
Step by step
Project assembly
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Application Output via Debug Mode
1. Once the code example is loaded, pressing the "DEBUG" button initiates the build process, programs it on the created setup, and enters Debug mode.
2. After the programming is completed, a header with buttons for various actions within the IDE becomes visible. Clicking the green "PLAY" button starts reading the results achieved with the Click board™. The achieved results are displayed in the Application Output tab.
Software Support
Library Description
This library contains API for ROTARY O Click driver.
Key functions:
rotaryo_generic_transfer
- ROTARY data transfer functionrotaryo_turn_on_led_by_data
- Function turn on led by datarotaryo_turn_on_led_by_position
- Function turn on led by position
Open Source
Code example
This example can be found in NECTO Studio. Feel free to download the code, or you can copy the code below.
/*!
* @file main.c
* @brief Rotary O Click example
*
* # Description
* The demo application controls led on click with rotory on board
*
* The demo application is composed of two sections :
*
* ## Application Init
* Initializes SPI driver, set initial states,
* set RST logic high and performs device configuration.
*
* ## Application Task
* Show functionality of Rotary O Click, rotating and turn on/off led's,
* using the SPI interface
*
* @note
* In order to use all of the clicks functionality, pull down INT pin.
*
* @author Stefan Ilic
*
*/
#include "board.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "rotaryo.h"
static rotaryo_t rotaryo;
static log_t logger;
static uint8_t start_status;
static uint8_t old_state;
static uint8_t new_state;
static uint8_t old__rot_state;
static uint8_t new_rotate_state;
static uint8_t led_state;
static uint16_t led_data;
void application_init ( void ) {
log_cfg_t log_cfg; /**< Logger config object. */
rotaryo_cfg_t rotaryo_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.
rotaryo_cfg_setup( &rotaryo_cfg );
ROTARYO_MAP_MIKROBUS( rotaryo_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
err_t init_flag = rotaryo_init( &rotaryo, &rotaryo_cfg );
if ( init_flag == SPI_MASTER_ERROR ) {
log_error( &logger, " Application Init Error. " );
log_info( &logger, " Please, run program again... " );
for ( ; ; );
}
log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
led_data = 0x0001;
old_state = 0;
new_state = 1;
old__rot_state = 0;
new_rotate_state = 1;
}
void application_task ( void ) {
rotaryo_turn_on_led_by_data( &rotaryo, led_data );
// Push button
if ( rotaryo_button_push( &rotaryo ) ) {
new_state = 1;
if ( new_state == 1 && old_state == 0 ) {
old_state = 1;
led_state = ( led_state + 1 ) % 5;
if ( led_state == 4 ) {
for ( old_state = 0; old_state < 17; old_state++ ) {
rotaryo_turn_on_led_by_data( &rotaryo, 0xAAAA );
Delay_ms( 100 );
rotaryo_turn_on_led_by_data( &rotaryo, 0x5555 );
Delay_ms( 100 );
}
for ( old_state = 0; old_state < 17; old_state++ ) {
rotaryo_turn_on_led_by_position( &rotaryo, old_state );
Delay_ms( 100 );
}
led_state = 0;
led_data = rotaryo_get_led_data( led_state );
}
else {
led_data = rotaryo_get_led_data( led_state );
}
}
}
else {
old_state = 0;
}
// Rotate Clockwise and CounterClockwise
if ( rotaryo_get_eca_state( &rotaryo ) == rotaryo_get_ecb_state( &rotaryo ) ) {
old__rot_state = 0;
start_status = rotaryo_get_eca_state( &rotaryo ) && rotaryo_get_ecb_state( &rotaryo );
}
else {
new_rotate_state = 1;
if ( new_rotate_state != old__rot_state ) {
old__rot_state = 1;
if ( start_status != rotaryo_get_eca_state( &rotaryo ) ) {
led_data = ( led_data << 1 ) | ( led_data >> 15 );
}
else {
led_data = ( led_data >> 1 ) | ( led_data << 15 );
}
}
}
}
void main ( void ) {
application_init( );
for ( ; ; ) {
application_task( );
}
}
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