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  • TritiLED

    jaromir.sukuba08/04/2016 at 08:57 8 comments

    I tried to replicate #TritiLED of @Ted Yapo

    How I did it

    I suggested replacing the PIC12F508 with some newer, low-power MCU, but instead of suggesting only, I tried it for real.

    At first I tried the original code with original PIC12F508 that happened to sit nearby - to have solid ground for comparison. Then I modded it.

    I used PIC12LF1552, because that's what I had on hand. Instead of ceramic caps I used 10uF/16V tantallum caps, diode is BAT48, transistor 2N5401 and LED is HLMP-CE13-35CDD, because that's what I had on hand. By the way, I bought the LEDs for a particular project two or three years ago and now it's obsolete - fortunately I used different LEDs for the final version of the project. It was built on a breadboard, 5-minute quick job.

    The PIC12LF1552 is somehow different to PIC12F508, so I had to adjust the Ted's original code (by the way, missing <p12f508.inc> after #include keyword on 6th line, it assembler will throw error on original code) this way:

    ; tritiLED.asm : original version by Ted Yapo, for PIC12F508
    ; https://hackaday.io/project/11864-tritiled
    ; for PIC12LF1552 adjusted by Jaromir Sukuba
    #include    
     __CONFIG _CONFIG1, _FOSC_INTOSC & _WDTE_ON & _PWRTE_ON & _MCLRE_ON & _CP_OFF & _BOREN_OFF & _CLKOUTEN_OFF
     __CONFIG _CONFIG2, _WRT_OFF & _STVREN_ON & _BORV_LO & _LPBOR_OFF & _LVP_ON	
    	ORG     0
    	movlb	0x01		; bank 1, where interesting registers are
    	movlw	0x60
    	movwf	OSCCON		; set up to 2MHz
    	movlw	0x08
    	movwf	TRISA		; set up input-output pins
    	movwf	WDTCON		; fallthrough to WDTCON, set 16ms WDT	
            movlw	LOW LATA	; get LATA adress
    	movwf	FSR0L		; move to FSR0, use it as reference
    	movlw	HIGH LATA	; so I can avoid touching BSR again
    	movwf	FSR0H		; and high byte of address too
    	movlw	b'110110'	; GP1/2/4/5 H, GP0 L 
    	movwf	INDF0		; this is now actually LATA
    MAIN_LOOP:
    	comf	INDF0		; GP1/2/4/5 L, GP0 H -> discharge       
    ;	nop			; 
    ;	nop			; optional NOPs, wider pulse, more current
    	comf	INDF0		; GP1/2/4/5 H, GP0 L, sleeping, charging a cap
    	sleep			; sleep for 16ms
    HF_NR:
    	btfss	OSCSTAT,0	; after waking up by WDT
    	bra	HF_NR		; wait for oscillator to get ready
    	bra	MAIN_LOOP	; and do another blink
    	END
    In fact, there is not much of original code left, but the idea is still the same.

    Because PIC12LF1552 WDT doesn't allow 18ms, I set it to nearest value - 16ms.

    How it performs

    It works. With original Ted's circuit the 3us wide pulse and 18ms sleep time circuit draws 15uA (approximately half of the current draw measured by Ted - probably beacuse of different LED). With 2us impulse I got 11uA consumption at 3V, while light output was something I call OK-ish for night indication light. With PIC12LF1552 and 2us pulse I got approximately 1uA less current draw and the same light output.

    I breadboarded another LED next to the circuit, powered by DC current and tuned until the brigthness looked more-less the same.

    The DC powered LED has more green-ish output (higher wavelength, perhaps not very apparent on the picture) and draws only slightly more than total draw of pulsed circuit - 12,5uA versus 10,7uA. Ted's original circuit exhibited greater difference. Perhaps my LED isn't as efficient at high pulsed currents.

    I decreased power supply voltage to 1,8V and it still performed well, with acceptable light for the purpose; DC powered LED produced no visible output. Interesting it drew only 3uA at 1,8V.

    What to do now

    I'll try to get some better LEDs and will see.

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