TSOC_NEOLED

TSOC_NEOLED is a Eight-Channel WS2812 LED driver expansion board, and can drive eight (8) to sixteen(16) strips of individually addressable Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs).

TSOC_NEOLED uses a programmable system on chip (PSoC4) with an eight (8) channel driver to drive hundreds of WS2812 Color LED's, with a default arrangement of 8 (eight strings) of sixty-four(64) LEDs each.

The TSOC_NEOLED can provide several different intefaces in order to make interfacing large numbers of LEDs easy. The default protocol is an I2C interface :

1. I2C Serial DMX-512, Memory Mapped (TSOC_NEOLED looks like a 2048 byte I2C SRAM)

Other Interface protocols are possible (Firmware update using FTDI/USB-UART or JTAG) :

• UART Serial DMX-512 (200K Baud, N, 8, 1) with four DMX universes.

• SPI Serial DMX-512, Memory Mapped (TSOC_NEOLED looks like a 2048 byte SPI SRAM)

TSOC_NEOLED

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TSOC_NEOLED Application Pictures

Using the TSOC_NEOLED to drive eight(8) strings of color LEDs for lighting our tandem bike for Portland PedalPolooza 2016

TSOC_NEOLED

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TSOC_NEOLED Arduino Sketch Examples

Under the "examples" directory are several Arduino IDE examples for using the TSOC_NEOLED board with Arduino IDE. Using the Arduino "Wire" library for I2C communications, it is simple to control the TSOC_NEOLED

  // Start the Arduino I2C Interface
  wire.begin();
 

  // Turn the first LED On (i.e. green LED #1) 
  // the LED's are (GRBY) color order in memory
  byte row, column = 0;
  Wire.beginTransmission(TSOC_NEOLED_I2CADDRESS);  // Start the I2C transaction
  Wire.write(row);                                 // Send the high byte of 16 bit memory address
  Wire.write(column);                              // Send the low byte of 16 bit memory address
  Wire.write(TSOC_NEOLED_LED_ON);                  // Send a single data byte  (we could send more...)
  Wire.endTransmission();                          // End the I2C transaction
 
  // Turn the first LED Off (i.e. green LED #1) 
  // the LED's are (GRBY) color order in memory
  Wire.beginTransmission(TSOC_NEOLED_I2CADDRESS);  // Start the I2C transaction
  Wire.write(row);                                 // Send the high byte of 16 bit memory address
  Wire.write(column);                              // Send the low byte of 16 bit memory address
  Wire.write(TSOC_NEOLED_LED_OFF);                  // Send a single data byte  (we could send more...)
  Wire.endTransmission();                          // End the I2C transaction
 
 

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TSOC_NEOLED Programming

You can reprogram the board using any FTDI compatible USB to UART adapter :

TSOC_NEOLED with FTDI basic

TSOC_NEOLED with TSOC_USBUART2

TSOC_NEOLED with TSOC_USBUART2

In order to reprogram the Cypress PSoC4 device, you will need to download and install the PSoC Creator tool, which includes a serial bootloader host application.

Select Tools -> Bootloader Host

Then select the hex (cyacd) file that you wish to program, and the COM: port of your device. Proess the "Upload" button to reflash teh device.

PSoC Creator Bootloader Host

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Other Applications

The TSOC_NEOLED can also drive other devices, such as Servos, Motors, Realys and more. This requires custom firmware at the current time.

TSOC_NEOLED with Servo

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TSOC_NEOLED Status

04/28/2016: Revision 1.1 - Initial Layout with Eight(8) channel driver.

06/27/2016: Revision 1.2 - Added extra power connections for higher current support.

07/26/2016: Revision 2.0 -

           Moved extra jumpers to the Digital Programming Connector (i.e. boot-mode control).

           Added SAR Bypass capactitors in their place.  
           
           Misc Silkscreen clean up.  
           
           Add Fiducials and DFM cleanup.

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TSOC_NEOLED Model Images

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TSOC_NEOLED Documentation Index

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TSOC_NEOLED Hardware

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