Arduino Charlieplexing Demo Project

Chase16LEDs.ino

/*
 *  Chase16LEDs.ino
 *  Description: Quick, down-n-dirty demo of Charlieplexing LEDs on an Arduino
 *  http://StuffAndyMakes.com
 */

#define A 12
#define B 11
#define C 10
#define D 9

#define PIN_CONFIG 0
#define PIN_STATE 1

#define LED_COUNT 12

int matrix[LED_COUNT][2][4] = {
  //           PIN_CONFIG                  PIN_STATE
  //    A       B       C      D         A     B    C    D
  { { OUTPUT, OUTPUT, INPUT, INPUT }, { HIGH, LOW, LOW, LOW } }, // AB 0
  { { OUTPUT, OUTPUT, INPUT, INPUT }, { LOW, HIGH, LOW, LOW } }, // BA 1
  { { INPUT, OUTPUT, OUTPUT, INPUT }, { LOW, HIGH, LOW, LOW } }, // BC 2
  { { INPUT, OUTPUT, OUTPUT, INPUT }, { LOW, LOW, HIGH, LOW } }, // CB 3
  { { OUTPUT, INPUT, OUTPUT, INPUT }, { HIGH, LOW, LOW, LOW } }, // AC 4
  { { OUTPUT, INPUT, OUTPUT, INPUT }, { LOW, LOW, HIGH, LOW } }, // CA 5
  { { OUTPUT, INPUT, INPUT, OUTPUT }, { HIGH, LOW, LOW, LOW } }, // AD 6
  { { OUTPUT, INPUT, INPUT, OUTPUT }, { LOW, LOW, LOW, HIGH } }, // DA 7
  { { INPUT, OUTPUT, INPUT, OUTPUT }, { LOW, HIGH, LOW, LOW } }, // BD 8
  { { INPUT, OUTPUT, INPUT, OUTPUT }, { LOW, LOW, LOW, HIGH } }, // DB 9
  { { INPUT, INPUT, OUTPUT, OUTPUT }, { LOW, LOW, HIGH, LOW } }, // CD 10
  { { INPUT, INPUT, OUTPUT, OUTPUT }, { LOW, LOW, LOW, HIGH } }  // DC 11
};

/*
 * Uncomment this to easily turn off all LEDs
 */
/*void turnOffLEDs( void ) {
  pinMode( A, INPUT );
  pinMode( B, INPUT );
  pinMode( C, INPUT );
  pinMode( D, INPUT );
  digitalWrite( A, LOW );
  digitalWrite( B, LOW );
  digitalWrite( C, LOW );
  digitalWrite( D, LOW );
}*/

void turnOn( int led ) {
  pinMode( A, matrix[led][PIN_CONFIG][0] );
  pinMode( B, matrix[led][PIN_CONFIG][1] );
  pinMode( C, matrix[led][PIN_CONFIG][2] );
  pinMode( D, matrix[led][PIN_CONFIG][3] );
  digitalWrite( A, matrix[led][PIN_STATE][0] );
  digitalWrite( B, matrix[led][PIN_STATE][1] );
  digitalWrite( C, matrix[led][PIN_STATE][2] );
  digitalWrite( D, matrix[led][PIN_STATE][3] );
}

void setup() {}

void loop() {
  for( int l = 0; l < LED_COUNT; l++ ) {
    turnOn( l );
    delay( 1000 / LED_COUNT );
  }
}