Multiple Pins from one call

[mangus580]

I would like to activate multiple pins at once using soft pwm...

maybe the ability to pass an array instead of a single value?

Would this be possible?

[bhagman]

By "activate", do you mean through SoftPWMBegin() or SoftPWMSet()?

That is, do you want to initialize multiple pins at once, or set the values for multiple pins at once?

[mangus580]

set values for multiple pins at once

[mangus580]

Maybe I should elaborate...

I have 8 LED light modules. I want to be able to activate say lights 2,4,6,8 all at the same time.

Problem is, sometimes I want to activate 1,2,3,4 at the same time.

So, before I decided I was going to use PWM, I was going to set them using PORTD to assign the on/off values to my pins.

Problem is, I really would like to be able to dim my lights. So I need to be able to use PWM....

[bhagman]

So wouldn't this work for what you want to do?

uint8_t ledSet1[4] = {2, 4, 6, 8};
uint8_t ledSet2[4] = {1, 2, 3, 4};

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  int newValue = 55;
  int newValue2 = 99;

  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
    SoftPWMSet(ledSet1[i], newValue);

  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
    SoftPWMSet(ledSet2[i], newValue2);

Maybe a code example from you might help.

[mangus580]

here is an example of a function I am using to strobe the light

int quad_flash(int x){

  while (loop_count < 8) {

    SoftPWMSetPercent(x, 100);   // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
    delay(35);               // wait for a second
    SoftPWMSetPercent(x, 0);    // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
    delay(65);               // wait for a second
    loop_count ++;
  }
  delay (0);
  loop_count = 0;

}

Ideally I would be able to pass several lights at once making them flash at the same time

[bhagman]

How about this?

uint8_t ledSet1[4] = {2, 4, 6, 8};
uint8_t ledSet2[4] = {1, 2, 3, 4};

void quad_flash(const uint8_t ledSet[], int ledCount)
{
  for (int flashCount = 0; flashCount < 8; flashCount++)
  {
    for (int led = 0; led < ledCount; led++)
    {
      SoftPWMSetPercent(ledSet[led], 100);
    }

    delay(35);

    for (int led = 0; led < ledCount; led++)
    {
      SoftPWMSetPercent(ledSet[led], 0);
    }

    delay(65);
  }
}

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  quad_flash(ledSet1, 4);
  quad_flash(ledSet2, 4);

[mangus580]

Works Perfect!!!

Thanks!!

[bhagman]

:v:

[mangus580]

Looking at it now, the lights might stagger flash some... and not flash together. I wont know for sure until I have more than 2 lights going (waiting for more parts to arrive)

I can update later this week...

Thanks Mike

[mangus580]

Seems it was the transistors i was using. I think I am all set now.

Thanks again!