Description
What is it?
This is an accessory for the rotary encoder. There are 48 RGB LED disposed in a circle, the diameter of the circle is 40mm.
There is also a 9mm hole in the center where it’s possible to insert the rotary encoder. All the LEDs can be controlled individually with the i2c bus, the resolution is 24bit for each RGB led.
The controller is the IS31FL3745, it has several features like:
- Individual 256 PWM control steps
- Individual 256 DC current steps
- Global 256 step current setting
- 29kHz PWM frequency
- Individual open and short error detect function
- 1MHz I2C-compatible interface
- Supply voltage range: 2.7V to 5.5V
It’s possible to connect up to 16 RGB LED rings on the same bus.
What makes it special?
There are several alternatives made with the WS2812, but the LEDs are big with a low density. The RGB LED Ring density is higher because it uses a 2x2mm RGB LED.
With 48 LEDs, it has exactly double of click of the most common rotary encoders. In this way, it’s possible to make some effects without losing in resolution. The LEDs used are the NH-Z1921RGBA-SG used for outdoor display.
There are 8 SMD Jumpers where it’s possible to set 16 different I2C address. It also has another SMD jumper where it’s possible to enable the pull-up resistor on the I2C bus.
Pinout
There are two MOLEX-532610571 connectors with the following pinout
| Name | Description | Voltage level |
|---|---|---|
| VCC | LED supply voltage | 2.7V – 5.5V |
| GND | Ground | 0V |
| VIO | Logic supply voltage | 2.7 – 5.5V |
| SDA | I2C data | Same as VIO |
| SCL | I2C clock | Same as VIO |
VCC and VIO can be different, for example VCC=5V and VIO=3.3V. With VCC=5V and all the LEDs on the current consumption is around 450mA, make sure that you power supply can give that much current!
Cable option
Board to board connector
Used for connecting multiple boards . Available length: 10cm, 20cm and 30cm
30 cm cable with one cable and free wires
Documentation
The documentations of the project is available on GitHub
There are the:
- Gerbers, BOM and pick and place
- 3D file of the board
- Schematic
There is also the Arduino library here with all the other DuPPa library.
Here you can see a demo of the product.
Package
The package includes 1 RGB LED Ring
The cable is mandatory and you can check in the option!
Difference with the previous version
- Different LED controller: IS31FL3745 instead of the IS31FL3737
- Better RGB LED: NH-Z1921RGBA-SG
- Added two connector for a better board to board connection
- Possibility to set 16 different I2C address instead of 4
The RGB LED Ring is compatible with the I2CEncoder V2.1 and the I2CEncodeMini
