PCA9685 Driver

PCA9685.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import time
import math
import smbus

# ============================================================================
# PCA9685 16-Channel PWM Servo Driver
# ============================================================================

class PCA9685:

  # Registers/etc.
  __SUBADR1            = 0x02
  __SUBADR2            = 0x03
  __SUBADR3            = 0x04
  __MODE1              = 0x00
  __PRESCALE           = 0xFE
  __LED0_ON_L          = 0x06
  __LED0_ON_H          = 0x07
  __LED0_OFF_L         = 0x08
  __LED0_OFF_H         = 0x09
  __ALLLED_ON_L        = 0xFA
  __ALLLED_ON_H        = 0xFB
  __ALLLED_OFF_L       = 0xFC
  __ALLLED_OFF_H       = 0xFD

  def __init__(self, address, debug=False):
    self.bus = smbus.SMBus(0)
    self.address = address
    self.debug = debug
    if (self.debug):
      print("Reseting PCA9685")
    self.write(self.__MODE1, 0x00)

  def write(self, reg, value):
    "Writes an 8-bit value to the specified register/address"
    self.bus.write_byte_data(self.address, reg, value)
    if (self.debug):
      print("I2C: Write 0x%02X to register 0x%02X" % (value, reg))

  def read(self, reg):
    "Read an unsigned byte from the I2C device"
    result = self.bus.read_byte_data(self.address, reg)
    if (self.debug):
      print("I2C: Device 0x%02X returned 0x%02X from reg 0x%02X" % (self.address, result & 0xFF, reg))
    return result

  def setPWMFreq(self, freq):
    "Sets the PWM frequency"
    prescaleval = 25000000.0    # 25MHz
    prescaleval = prescaleval / 4096.0       # 12-bit
    prescaleval = prescaleval / float(freq)
    prescaleval = prescaleval - 1.0
    if (self.debug):
      print("Setting PWM frequency to %d Hz" % freq)
      print("Estimated pre-scale: %d" % prescaleval)
    prescale = math.floor(prescaleval + 0.5)
    if (self.debug):
      print("Final pre-scale: %d" % prescale)

    oldmode = self.read(self.__MODE1);
    newmode = (oldmode & 0x7F) | 0x10        # sleep
    self.write(self.__MODE1, newmode)        # go to sleep
    self.write(self.__PRESCALE, int(math.floor(prescale)))
    self.write(self.__MODE1, oldmode)
    time.sleep(0.005)
    self.write(self.__MODE1, oldmode | 0x80)

  def setPWM(self, channel, on, off):
    "Sets a single PWM channel"
    self.write(self.__LED0_ON_L + 4*channel, on & 0xFF)
    self.write(self.__LED0_ON_H + 4*channel, 0xff & (on >> 8))
    self.write(self.__LED0_OFF_L + 4*channel, off & 0xFF)
    self.write(self.__LED0_OFF_H + 4*channel, 0xff & (off >> 8))
    if (self.debug):
      print("channel: %d  LED_ON: %d LED_OFF: %d" % (channel,on,off))

  def setDutycycle(self, channel, pulse):
    self.setPWM(channel, 0, int(pulse * int(4096 / 100)))

  def setLevel(self, channel, value):
    if (value == 1):
      self.setPWM(channel, 0, 4095)
    else:
      self.setPWM(channel, 0, 0)

# pwm = PCA9685(0x5f, debug=False)
# pwm.setPWMFreq(50)
# pwm.setDutycycle(0,100)
# pwm.setLevel(1,0)
# pwm.setLevel(2,1)