Leon Chu
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Tilt Activated Spinning Fan Light Stick

Portable LED color stick reacts to your shaking motion. With extra fan and alarm.

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Tilt Activated Spinning Fan Light Stick

Things used in this project

Hardware components

MAX32630FTHR
Maxim Integrated MAX32630FTHR
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Grove - 3-Axis Digital Accelerometer(±1.5g)
Seeed Studio Grove - 3-Axis Digital Accelerometer(±1.5g)
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Addressable color led strip
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DC motor (generic)
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LED (generic)
LED (generic)
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MAX17501 60V, 500mA, Ultra-Small, High-Efficiency, Synchronous Step-Down DC-DC Converter
Maxim Integrated MAX17501 60V, 500mA, Ultra-Small, High-Efficiency, Synchronous Step-Down DC-DC Converter
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Pmod STEP
Digilent Pmod STEP
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Resistor 10k ohm
Resistor 10k ohm
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Darlington High Power Transistor
Darlington High Power Transistor
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Resistor 221 ohm
Resistor 221 ohm
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1N4007 – High Voltage, High Current Rated Diode
1N4007 – High Voltage, High Current Rated Diode
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Buzzer
Buzzer
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General Purpose Transistor NPN
General Purpose Transistor NPN
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Code

Light Stick Controller Code

C/C++
See complete project in MBED site
#include "mbed.h"
#include <float.h>
#include "MAX17055.h" 
// I2C Master 2
I2C i2c(I2C2_SDA, I2C2_SCL);
MAX17055 max17055(i2c);

// 3 Axis Accelerometer 
#include "MMA7660FC.h"
#define ADDR_MMA7660 0x98
MMA7660FC Acc(I2C1_SDA, I2C1_SCL,  ADDR_MMA7660);  

Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX);
 
// On board color LED
#include "MAX326XXFTHR_PwmOut.h"

MAX326XXFTHR_PwmOut led[] = {
    MAX326XXFTHR_PwmOut(LED2),
    MAX326XXFTHR_PwmOut(LED3),
    MAX326XXFTHR_PwmOut(LED1)
};

//MAX326XXFTHR_PwmOut motor =  MAX326XXFTHR_PwmOut(P1_0);
DigitalOut motor(P1_4, 0);  
DigitalOut buzzer(P1_3,0);

// External RGB LED controll
DigitalOut LED_R(P1_0);
DigitalOut LED_G(P1_2);
DigitalOut LED_B(P1_1);

/*
#include "PololuLedStrip.h"
PololuLedStrip ledStrip(P1_3);
#define LED_COUNT 8
rgb_color colors[LED_COUNT];
*/

DigitalIn inputButton(P2_7); // Input Boot button
DigitalIn button2(P1_5);
DigitalOut power_Hold(P2_2, 1); // Keep power on battery use 


int status;
int count = 0, value, max, min;
float f_value, f_max, f_min;

Timer timer;

/*
// Converts a color from the HSV representation to RGB.
rgb_color hsvToRgb(float h, float s, float v)
{
    int i = floor(h * 6);
    float f = h * 6 - i;
    float p = v * (1 - s);
    float q = v * (1 - f * s);
    float t = v * (1 - (1 - f) * s);
    float r = 0, g = 0, b = 0;
    switch(i % 6){
        case 0: r = v; g = t; b = p; break;
        case 1: r = q; g = v; b = p; break;
        case 2: r = p; g = v; b = t; break;
        case 3: r = p; g = q; b = v; break;
        case 4: r = t; g = p; b = v; break;
        case 5: r = v; g = p; b = q; break;
    }
    return (rgb_color){r * 255, g * 255, b * 255};
}
*/ 
   
void setColor(int r, int g, int b) {
     led[0].write(1-r);  led[1].write(1-g);  led[2].write(1-b);     
     LED_R = (r > 0.5)?1:0;  // TODO - repalce with PWM
     LED_G = (g > 0.5)?1:0;
     LED_B = (b > 0.5)?1:0;
}
   
// Show battery status light using internal LED 
// Color indicates estimated capacity based on voltage level
// Blink represent discharge rate  
// battery drain value -1 to -100 . pluged in charging 0.4max mw
void showBatteryStatusLight() {
    float volt = max17055.avg_v_cell(&f_value);
    float current = max17055.current(&f_value);
    float pause_time_ms = 400+ current*100;  //TODO- adjust calculated value
    int flash_count = 3;
    
    if (current == 0 && volt == 0 ) {
        return;
    }
        
    //Charging via usb
    if (current > 0) {
        flash_count = 6;
        pause_time_ms = 0;
    }
    
    // Flash led
    for (int c = flash_count; c > 0 ; c--) {  
        if (volt >= 4)
            setColor(0,0,1);  //blue 
        else if (volt >= 3.6)
            setColor(0,1,0);  //green
        else if (volt >= 3.45)
            setColor(0.5,0.5,1); //yellow
        else
            setColor(1,0,0); // red
               
        wait_ms(150);
        setColor(0,0,0);
        if (pause_time_ms > 0) 
            wait_ms(pause_time_ms );
    }
}
   
void showBatteryStatus() {
    pc.printf("Voltage ");

    // Print formatted voltage, current and temperature values
    max17055.v_cell(&f_value);
    pc.printf("%6.3fV ", f_value);
    max17055.avg_v_cell(&f_value);
    pc.printf("%6.3fVavg ", f_value);
    max17055.max_min_volt(&f_max, &f_min);
    pc.printf("%6.3fVmax %6.3fVmin\r\n", f_max, f_min);

    max17055.current(&f_value);
    pc.printf("%6.3fI ", f_value);
    max17055.avg_current(&f_value);
    pc.printf("%6.3fIavg ", f_value);
    max17055.max_min_curr(&f_max, &f_min);
    pc.printf("%6.3fImax %6.3fImin\r\n", f_max, f_min);

    max17055.temp(&f_value);
    pc.printf("%6.3fC ", f_value);
    max17055.avg_ta(&f_value);
    pc.printf("%6.3fCavg ", f_value);
    max17055.max_min_temp(&f_max, &f_min);
    pc.printf("%6.3fCmax %6.3fCmin\r\n", f_max, f_min);
    pc.printf("\r\n"); 
    showBatteryStatusLight();
}
   
#define DEGREE_OFFSET 15
    float maxX=FLT_MAX  , minX=FLT_MIN;
    float maxY=FLT_MAX, minY=FLT_MIN;
    float maxZ=-45, minZ=45;
    bool calibrate = false;


bool RotationInRange(float x, float y, float z) {
        return !(x > maxX || x < minX ||
          y > maxY || y < minY ||
          z > maxZ || z < minZ);
    }


int main()
{
    pc.baud (9600);
    
    // initialize 3 axis accelerometer
    Acc.init();                                                     // Initialization
    pc.printf("Value reg 0x06: %#x\n", Acc.read_reg(0x06));         // Test the correct value of the register 0x06
    pc.printf("Value reg 0x08: %#x\n", Acc.read_reg(0x08));         // Test the correct value of the register 0x08
    pc.printf("Value reg 0x07: %#x\n\r", Acc.read_reg(0x07));       // Test the correct value of the register 0x07
    
    // Set sense resistor value
    max17055.init(0.05f);

    //Show battery gauge status
    max17055.status(&status);
    pc.printf("MAX17055 status: %04X\r\n", (uint16_t)status);
    setColor(1,0,0);

    timer.start();

    
    float x=0, y=0, z=0;
    
    while(1) {
        
        uint32_t time = timer.read_ms();      
        
        // get input button state 
        //if (inputButton  > 0 || button2  > 0)
        //  calibrate = true; 

        if (time % 100 == 0) {
            Acc.read_Tilt(&x, &y, &z);                                  // Read the acceleration    
            //pc.printf("Tilt %2.2f  %2.2f  %2.2f\n",x,y,z);
            
          if  (calibrate) {
           // Get active acclereometer rotational values and set min max range
           
              if (x > maxX) maxX = x;
              if (y > maxY) maxY = y;
              if (z > maxZ) maxZ = z;
              
              if (x < minX) minX = x;
              if (y < minY) minY = y;
              if (x < minZ) minZ = z;       
              continue;
          }
        
        
        //Accelerometer controlled switching demo
        //TODO - replace with input button control 

        // Sound audio alarm if not in range of active rotation
           if ( !RotationInRange(x,y,z))  {
               pc.printf("B ");
               buzzer = 1;
               wait(1);
               buzzer = 0;
            } 
        
            // Control Motor
            if (x <= DEGREE_OFFSET && x >= -DEGREE_OFFSET)
                setColor(1,0,0);
                motor= 1;
                wait(1);
            } else
                motor =0;
                
                
            // Show Battery Status
            if (y <= DEGREE_OFFSET && y >= -DEGREE_OFFSET) {
                setColor(0.5,0,0.5);   
               // showBatteryStatusLight();
            }
            
             // Turn on white led lights
            if (z <= DEGREE_OFFSET && z >= -DEGREE_OFFSET) {
                pc.printf("W ");

                 setColor(1,1,1);
                 wait(1);
             }
           
            
       // Change display LED color based on orientation

           setColor(  (x+90)/180, (y+90)/180,(z+90)/180 );
                
       
       /*             
       // Update LED Strip
        for(int i = 0; i < LED_COUNT; i++)
        {
            uint8_t phase = (time >> 4) - (i << 2);
            colors[i] = hsvToRgb(phase / 256.0, 1.0, 1.0);
        }
         // Send the colors to the LED strip.
        ledStrip.write(colors, LED_COUNT);
        */
  
        // Reset timer and show full debug Battery Status info
        if (time > 30000) {
            showBatteryStatus();
            timer.reset();
        }
    }
}
    
   

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Leon Chu

Leon Chu

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