13 Output Devices

This week we are going to build output devices boards. Boards which are able to present previously coded and sent informations. There are sevral types of outup devices able to control: motors, LED ( RGB or Array), speaker, LCD screens.

Hello LED Array (Charlieplexing)

I millded and build Hello Led Array based on this files:


Here is a picture of the board after milling:

and after soldering

Flashing the board

To programm Hello LEd Array board you need to download code from the MIT link - wrote by Niel. Next your board has to be connected with computer via FabISP and charged by battery like on the picture below:

To run a program open terminal and type he command:

make -f hello.array.44.make program-usbtiny

The terminal should answer :

And your LED's should start blinking:

 

Published on   May 24th, 2013