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DIGI POT click

DIGIPOT Click is an accessory board in mikroBUS form factor. It features a single-channel digital potentiometer MCP4161 with 8-bit resolution (256 wiper steps) and industry-standard SPI serial interface.

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Click library

  • Author : Stefan Ilic
  • Date : Jun 2021.
  • Type : SPI type

Software Support

We provide a library for the DigiPot Click as well as a demo application (example), developed using MikroElektronika compilers. The demo can run on all the main MikroElektronika development boards.

Package can be downloaded/installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Library Description

This library contains API for DigiPot Click driver.

Standard key functions :

Example key functions :

Example Description

The demo application changes the resistance using DIGIPOT Click.

The demo application is composed of two sections :

Application Init

Initializes SPI and LOG modules.

void application_init ( void ) {
log_cfg_t log_cfg;
digipot_cfg_t digipot_cfg;
LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
log_info( &logger, " Application Init " );
// Click initialization.
digipot_cfg_setup( &digipot_cfg );
DIGIPOT_MAP_MIKROBUS( digipot_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
err_t init_flag = digipot_init( &digipot, &digipot_cfg );
if ( SPI_MASTER_ERROR == init_flag ) {
log_error( &logger, " Application Init Error. " );
log_info( &logger, " Please, run program again... " );
for ( ; ; );
}
log_printf( &logger, "----------------\r\n" );
log_printf( &logger, " DIGI POT Click\r\n" );
log_printf( &logger, "----------------\r\n" );
}

Application Task

This is an example which demonstrates the use of DIGI POT Click board. Increments the wiper position by 10 positions every 5 seconds.

void application_task ( void ) {
for ( uint16_t n_cnt = 127; n_cnt < 255; n_cnt += 10 ) {
wiper_pos = ( uint8_t ) n_cnt;
Delay_ms( 5000 );
}
}

The full application code, and ready to use projects can be installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Other Mikroe Libraries used in the example:

  • MikroSDK.Board
  • MikroSDK.Log
  • Click.DigiPot

Additional notes and informations

Depending on the development board you are using, you may need USB UART click, USB UART 2 Click or RS232 Click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. The terminal available in all MikroElektronika compilers, or any other terminal application of your choice, can be used to read the message.


digipot_set_wiper_positions
void digipot_set_wiper_positions(digipot_t *ctx, uint8_t wiper_pos)
Set wiper position.
digipot_t
DIGI POT Click context object.
Definition: digipot.h:121
digipot_cfg_setup
void digipot_cfg_setup(digipot_cfg_t *cfg)
DIGI POT configuration object setup function.
wiper_pos
uint8_t wiper_pos
Definition: main.c:28
application_task
void application_task(void)
Definition: main.c:64
DIGIPOT_MAP_MIKROBUS
#define DIGIPOT_MAP_MIKROBUS(cfg, mikrobus)
MikroBUS pin mapping.
Definition: digipot.h:68
digipot_init
err_t digipot_init(digipot_t *ctx, digipot_cfg_t *cfg)
DIGI POT initialization function.
digipot_convert_output
float digipot_convert_output(uint16_t adc_val, float v_ref)
Convert ADC value to volatage.
application_init
void application_init(void)
Definition: main.c:30
digipot_cfg_t
DIGI POT Click configuration object.
Definition: digipot.h:138