Anyways I picked up the Octobrite board from Macetech to make a quick demo of this chip easy. I plan on using this in a number of upcoming projects and thought I'd whip up some code. A quick google search didn't produce any example for picbasic so I thought I would share!


Code:
'****************************************************************
'* Name : OCTOBRITE_A.BAS *
'* Author : OHARARP *
'* Date : 5/3/2009 *
'* Version : 1.0 *
'* Notes : Code Designed to work with OCTOBRITE/TLC5947 *
'****************************************************************
Device = 18F1220
Xtal = 10
Declare PLL_Req = On
Optimiser_Level = 3
Clear
All_Digital = TRUE
'*******************************************************************************
'Device Fuse configuration
Config_Start
OSC = HSPLL ; Internal Oscillator with I/O on RA6 and RA7
FSCM = OFF ; Failsafe Clock Monitor Disabled
IESO = OFF ; Int/Ext Oscillator Switch Over Disabled
PWRT = OFF ; Power Up Timer Disabled
BOR = OFF ; Brownout Reset Disabled
WDT = OFF ; Watchdog Timer Disabled
MCLRE = On ; MCLR Disabled
LVP = OFF ; Low Voltage ICSP Disabled
Config_End
'*******************************************************************************
Dim CMD As Word
Dim RED As Word
Dim BLU As Word
Dim GRN As Word
Dim SO As PORTA.0 'DATA PIN
Dim CL As PORTA.1 'CLOCK PIN
Dim BL As PORTA.2 'BLANK PIN
Dim XL As PORTA.3 'LATCH PIN
Dim IDX_RGB As Word
Dim IDX_SHIFT As Word
Dim DOF As Float 'Degrees of Offset
Dim BF As Float 'Brightness Factor
Dim IDX_SCAN As Float 'Scan Index
'*******************************************************************************
INIT:
GoSub OCTO_RESET
MAIN:
RED = 0
GRN = 0
BLU = 0
'CYCLE THROUGH A SET OF PATTERN - SAME FOR ALL LEDS
For IDX_RGB = 0 To 4095 Step 500
RED = RED + IDX_RGB
GRN = 1024
BLU = 4095 - IDX_RGB
GoSub SHIFT_OCTO
DelayMS 250
Next
GoTo MAIN
'*******************************************************************************
OCTO_RESET:
High BL
DelayMS 250
Low BL
Return
'*******************************************************************************
SHIFT_OCTO:
Low XL 'Low Latch
For IDX_SHIFT = 0 To 7
SHOut SO,CL,msbfirst,[BLU\12, GRN\12, RED\12]
Next
High XL
Return
'*******************************************************************************


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