S15: CAN controlled RGB LED cubes
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Project Title
CAN controlled RGB LED cubes
Abstract
In this project, data(1 byte) sent from an android application will be displayed in a 3D form on a LED cube. Two LED cubes will be connected to two different SJone boards, these SJone boards are connected to a third SJone board using CAN bus. The LED cubes will be connected to their respective SJ boards through shift registers. The boards will implement SSP protocol to communicate with the shift registers. A bluetooth module is connected to third SJone board. Android application sends data to be displayed along with the information about the SJone board(one of the LED cube) to be selected.
Objectives & Introduction
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Team Members & Responsibilities
- Chitrang Talaviya
- LED cube design
- Implementing CAN protocol
- Bluetooth module interfacing
- Navjot Singh
- Implementing CAN protocol
- Bluetooth module interfacing
- FreeRTOS environment
- Anuj Korat
- LED cube design
- Generating patterns
- Implementing SSP with the shift registers
- Daamanmeet Paul
- Android application development
Schedule
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| Week# | Start Date | Task | Status | Completion Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3/15 | Finalizing & ordering components | Completed | 3/17 |
| 2 | 3/27 | 3x3x2 LED cube testing with SPI interfacing | Completed | 4/10 |
| 3 | 4/8 | Bluetooth Interface | In progress | 4/17 |
| 4 | 4/8 | Android application | In progress | 4/25 |
| 5 | 4/16 | 4x4x4 LED cube construction | Not Started | 4/26 |
| 6 | 4/20 | CAN protocol programming | Not Started | 4/30 |
| 7 | 4/27 | Generating patterns on LED cubes | Not Started | 5/7 |
| 8 | 5/1 | Implementing FreeRTOS for the system | Not Started | 5/10 |
| 9 | 5/10 | Final Debugging & testing | Not Started | 5/15 |
Parts List & Cost
| # | Components | Quantity | Price($)/component |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RGB LEDs pack of 100 | 2 | 9.95 |
| 2 | CAN transceivers | 15 | Free |
| 3 | Shift registers, SC74HC595 | 10 | 1.49 |
| 4 | SJone boards | 3 | 80 |
| 5 | Bluetooth module | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Steel wire | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Soldering kit | 1 | ~40 |
| 8 | Jumper wires(each type) | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | ULN 2003 | 4 | 12 |
Design & Implementation
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Hardware Design
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Hardware Interface
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Shift registers have been used to communicate betwen the SJone board and the LED cubes. As the dimension of the cue is 4 x 4 x 4, it needs a total of 28 pins to control it, 16 pins to control 16 groups of 4 LED anodes and 12 pins to control 4 planes of the RGB lines. As we do not have that many pins on SJone board, we will be using 4 Serial-input-parallel-output shift registers to drive the LED terminals. This eases our job as only 4 pins are used from the board to drive 28 LED terminals.
The communication bus used between the LPC1758 board and the shift registers is SSP-Synchronous Serial Port. The driver written for the communication is as shown in Fig.----. All the shift registers are cascaded, meaning the serial output of one, connected to the serial input of the other. This way a total of 32 bits of serial data from the board can be converted into parallel outouts which are given to its respective LED terminals.
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Implementation
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Conclusion
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Project Source Code
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References Used
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