Component: LED Cube (Misc Circuit)

Author	Ben Rowland 2014
Version	1.0
Category	Misc Circuit

LED Cube component

LED Cube component for driving 3D arrays of LEDs. A typical cube could consist of 4x4x4 or 8x8x8 but does not necessarily need to be a cuboid.

Component Source Code

Please click here for the component source code: FC_Comp_Source_LEDCUBE.fcfx

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Downloadable macro reference

	Clear
Clears the contents of the display to 0x0000
- BYTE	SwitchBuffers
0=DoNotSwitch 1=SwitchAutomaticallyWhenDone
- VOID	Return

	RotateShellXZ
Shifts the contents of the display by the number of vertices specified
- BYTE	Direction
- BYTE	Shell
- VOID	Return

	RotateShellXY
Shifts the contents of the display by the number of vertices specified
- BYTE	Direction
- BYTE	Shell
- VOID	Return

	DrawLine
Draws a basic 3D line onto the LEDs
- BYTE	X1
- BYTE	Y1
- BYTE	Z1
- BYTE	X2
- BYTE	Y2
- BYTE	Z2
- UINT	Colour
- BYTE	SwitchBuffers
- VOID	Return

	RotateShellYZ
Shifts the contents of the display by the number of vertices specified
- BYTE	Direction
- BYTE	Shell
- VOID	Return

	RotateDisplay
Shifts the contents of the display by the number of vertices specified
- INT	X
Number of pixels to shift the display -7 to 7
- INT	Y
Number of pixels to shift the display -7 to 7
- INT	Z
Number of pixels to shift the display -7 to 7
- BYTE	SwitchBuffers
- VOID	Return

	PWMTimer
Interrupt driven macro to clock out the signals to the LEDs in the cube. To be called as part of a high frequency hardware timer interrupt or software loop to drive the cube hardware, Min Frequency = 60(Hz) * 8(Height) * 32(5-bitColourChannelValue)
- VOID	Return

	ConvRGBToColour
Converts RGB values into a single UINT colour parameter to use with other functions.
- BYTE	Red
- BYTE	Green
- BYTE	Blue
- UINT	Return

	ConvColourToRGB
Reads the individual RGB colour values from a single UINT colour value. Return Index: 0=Red, 1=Green, 2=Blue
- UINT	Colour
- STRING	Return

	SetColour
Sets a pixel colour in the none active buffer using a 16-bit colour value Bits 0-4 = Red Bits 5-10 = Green Bits 11-15 = Blue
- BYTE	X
- BYTE	Y
- BYTE	Z
- UINT	Colour
16-bit Colour Value (MSB B5, G6, R5 LSB)
- VOID	Return

	GetColour
Reads the colour value from a single pixel in the active buffer as a 16-bit value. Bits 0-4 = Red Bits 5-10 = Green Bits 11-15 = Blue
- BYTE	X
- BYTE	Y
- BYTE	Z
- UINT	Return

	DrawCuboid
Draws a basic 3D cuboid onto the LEDs
- BYTE	X1
- BYTE	Y1
- BYTE	Z1
- BYTE	X2
- BYTE	Y2
- BYTE	Z2
- BYTE	DrawStyle
Sets the draw style - 0=Soild, 1=Edge, 2=Corners
- UINT	Colour
- BYTE	SwitchBuffers
- VOID	Return

	DisplayCharacter
This macro allows a character to be displayed on the screen
- BYTE	Character
- BYTE	X1
X pixel coordinate to set the output string position.
- BYTE	Y1
Y pixel coordinate to set the output string position.
- BYTE	Z1
- BYTE	Font
Size of the font - 0 = Normal, 1 = Double Width, 2 = Double Width and Height, 3 = Double Height
- BYTE	Axis
0=XY, 1=XZ, 2=YZ
- BYTE	Orientation
0=Normal, 1=HFlip. 2=VFlip, 3=HFlip & VFlip
- UINT	Colour
Specifies the foreground colour
- BYTE	SwitchBuffers
- VOID	Return

	ResetRotations
Resets the rotation count variables allowing for a new rotation to be started
- VOID	Return

	SwitchBuffers
Switches the current display buffer to the updated buffer to allow for seamless updates when undergoing heavy calcaulations.
- BYTE	WaitForSwitch
0=DoNotWait, 1=Waits for switch to occur
- VOID	Return

	ShiftDisplay
Shifts the contents of the display by the number of vertices specified
- INT	X
Number of pixels to shift the display -7 to 7
- INT	Y
Number of pixels to shift the display -7 to 7
- INT	Z
Number of pixels to shift the display -7 to 7
- BYTE	DataMode
0=ResetToZero, 1=WrapAroundDisplay, 2=Smear
- BYTE	SwitchBuffers
- VOID	Return

	Initialise
Sets up the data memory and draws the simulated LED cube on the panel.
- VOID	Return

Property reference

	Properties
	LEDs
	Width (X)
The number of LEDs wide
	Depth (Y)
The number of LEDs deep
	Height (Z)
The number of LEDs tall
	LED Count
Number of LEDs required by the component
	LED Type
	Common Type
	Wiring Order
Specifies the order of the wiring of the LEDs from lowest bit to highest
	Driver Pre Delay
Number of micro seconds to wait between switching off the driver and clocking out the new signals. Used to remove any ghosting effects visible on the display due to slow driver switch off times.
	Driver Post Delay
Number of micro seconds to wait between switching off the driver and clocking out the new signals. Used to remove any ghosting effects visible on the display due to slow driver switch off times.
	Connections
	Clock Pin
	Data Port
	Enable Port
	Simulation
	LED Size
Size of each LED on the panel
	Spacing
Number of units of spacing between each LED
	Transparent
If set to yes then a LED which is completely switched off will be set to transparent, If set to no then the LED will be shown as black.
	Toggle Pins
Determines if the pins are toggled as part of the PWMTimer macro during simulation. During simulation you probably don't want the pins toggling as it will slow down simulation. The only exception may be if you want to see the signals in the scope window. Does not effect the compiled embedded code.