I have made another batch of the LivingColors Arduino (Genduino ?) shield. The PCB’s are by DirtyPCBs.
I made an adapter board so i can use different CC2500 modules without having to change the boards.
Drop a line in the comments if you want one.
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I have made another batch of the LivingColors Arduino (Genduino ?) shield. The PCB’s are by DirtyPCBs.
I made an adapter board so i can use different CC2500 modules without having to change the boards.
Drop a line in the comments if you want one.
Some LivingColors shield users have reported that they would like to have a longer range. In the past I have been looking at hardware solutions for this without much success.
One of my customers has found a much simpler solution : adjust the power settings in the CC2500 configuration.
In the file LivingColors.cpp
The lines :
// write power setting to PATABLE memory using single access write. See table 31 on page 47 // of datasheet m_cc2500.sendCommand(CC2500_REG_PATABLE, 0xA9);
The registers of the CC2500 are described in the datasheet page 47, table 31.
The updated library can be found here : LivingColors.zip
In return for helping out at Makerfaire Eindhoven, Pieter from Floris.cc gave me a Alpha Clock Five kit from Evil Mad Scientist.
The kit is very well documented (schematic and sourcecode), uses only though hole components and is easy to assemble.
Aside from the Atmel and Chronodot stuff it uses two interesting IC’s : Macroblock MBI5027 and Macroblock MBI5168
Another nice thing about the Alpha Clock Five is the Serial protocol that allow you to control all aspects of the clock.
The software is really polished, no flickering display, nice gradient while dimming, user definable characters. The only thing missing you could possibly want is different intensities per segment.
Requests for LivingColors shields keep trickling in, the Gen1 has long since disappeared from shops but is now showing up at flea markets. I have made a batch of built up kits, contact me or leave a message in the comments if you want one.
Arduino 1.0 has changed some names.. the LiCo Control example needed to be updated.
And the library needed to be updated.
The updated version is here : a_LiCo_Control_A1.zip , the new library is herre : LivingColors library