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From: Chris (CHRISSS)
27 Jan 2015 13:44
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No problem. I was surprised how high the frequency had to go to not notice any flicker at all.
I waved my little strip around (YJ) and took a picture of it.
From: Chris (CHRISSS)
27 Jan 2015 18:47
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I've just installed the Android Arduino IDE. Maybe not a good idea, I'll never get anything done if I can work on projects with my phone. Uploaded the blink sketch to my Uno and it worked perfectly.
From: ANT_THOMAS
27 Jan 2015 19:43
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Shift registers and power supply have arrived so I'll be figuring them out tonight.
From: koswix
27 Jan 2015 21:42
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Floppy Organ now makes recognisable notes!
Learnt how to use interrupts tonight. Quite pleased with the progress, even though there's a lot still to do.
Floppy Organ stage 3:
http://youtu.be/obYuROTBXu8
From: koswix
27 Jan 2015 21:46
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Saw some PCBs that a guy had made today by seeed, they looked pretty nice.
http://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2011/05/04/fusion-pcb-service-upgraded-with-even-lower-pricing/
From: Chris (CHRISSS)
27 Jan 2015 22:27
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How do PWM outputs work with a shift register? Anything special needed for that?
From: ANT_THOMAS
27 Jan 2015 22:27
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Whilst you have to order a minimum of 5 them prices are actually fairly reasonable.
From: ANT_THOMAS
27 Jan 2015 22:32
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I'm using the ShiftPWM library and they seem to work really nicely.
Any flickering has totally gone now I'm using the shift registers. Still figuring out how to use 2 daisy chained together properly.
I was easily able to convert my existing sketch to make use of the shift registers.
rather than:
analogWrite(ledPin1,255);
it is just:
ShiftPWM.SetOne(1, 255);
with the 1 being pin 1 on the shift register. Then you just cycle/loop like any other PWM loop example.
From: koswix
27 Jan 2015 22:32
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Think he said he paid £10 for ten boards. Pretty small boards, but still.
From: ANT_THOMAS
27 Jan 2015 22:39
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It looks like about 70 USD for 5 15x20cm boards which is fairly reasonable.
I probably won't need a board that size once I actually draw out the circuits properly.