LED PWM animation without MCU

Thread Starter

funguy

Joined Oct 31, 2023
43
How would you be able to pull of LED animation via battery pulse to LED drivers without programming? Also without a dedicated pwm signal just pulsed battery?
 
Last edited:

LowQCab

Joined Nov 6, 2012
5,101
What is an "Animation".

How many Channels do You expect to need ?

How many different "Animations" do You expect to need ?

Is random flashing acceptable ?

Do You want "Chaser-Lights" ?, if so, must they operate in different patterns ?

What does "Battery-Pulse" mean ?,
do you expect to "change" the "Animations" with each Button push ?,
or just turn it off and on ?

Unless You want something relatively simple, a Microprocessor is the only way to go.
.
.
.
 

Thread Starter

funguy

Joined Oct 31, 2023
43
What is an "Animation".

How many Channels do You expect to need ?

How many different "Animations" do You expect to need ?

Is random flashing acceptable ?

Do You want "Chaser-Lights" ?, if so, must they operate in different patterns ?

What does "Battery-Pulse" mean ?,
do you expect to "change" the "Animations" with each Button push ?,
or just turn it off and on ?

Unless You want something relatively simple, a Microprocessor is the only way to go.
.
.
.
Power Supply modulation (PWM), the battery is would be sending the signal without use of a dedicated Courtesy or PWM signal. Chaser lights would be cool and left to right would be fine. It would turn on and off, ya microprocessor is the most reliable and efficient way to do it I agree. I was looking for a less simple method given the constraints of the architecture. Thanks
 

Thread Starter

funguy

Joined Oct 31, 2023
43
Okay here in one:

Modulated Power Supply

But it will not help you implement an LED animation.
Ya understood, the architecture is really just a battery signal and ground with no actual PWM signal other the duty cycle of VBAT which doesn't offer much in terms of variation. That is why I wanted to to ask the question about ideas on how it would be accomplished given those parameters. The only thing I have came up with that would not use a MCU would be an LED driver that has multiple PWM inputs and switching transistors from the vbat supply
 
Top