C++ library for controlling LED Driver TLC59711 from a Raspberry Pi

with python bindings!

The TLC59711 is a 12-channel 16-bit PWM LED driver controlled via SPI. This project adapts Adafruit's TLC59711 Library for Arduino into a C++ library for Raspberry Pi. It uses the BCM2835 C library to send SPI messages to the driver.

Getting Started

Prerequsites

If you don't already have the BCM2835 C Library installed download and install it from source:

wget http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835/bcm2835-1.60.tar.gz
tar xvfz bcm2835-1.60.tar.gz
cd bcm2835-1.60
./configure
make
sudo make install

You will also need the pybind11:

pip install pybind11

Installation

You can install either the C++ library, python bindings, or both depending on how you plan to use the project.

C++ Library

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install

Python Bindings

./setup.py install

Examples

The project uses the same API as Adafruit's Arduino Library.

C++

#include <tlc59711.h>

uint8_t n = 1;  # Number of chained TLC59711 chips
TLC59711 tlc = TLC59711(n);
tlc.begin();

uint8_t led_num = 1;
tlc.setLED(led_num, 65535, 65535, 65535);  # Set led 1 to white
tlc.write();

Python

from tlc59711 import TLC59711

n = 1  # Number of chained TLC59711 chips
tlc = TLC59711(n)
tlc.begin()

led_num = 1
tlc.setLED(led_num, 65535, 65535, 65535)  # Set led 1 to white
tlc.write()