Karatelight

This repository contains firmware and Hardware design files for the Karatelight 8/16 channel RGB LED Dimmer.

Firmware

karate_xc8.X and karate_v2.X contain the firmware for the device

both are MPLAB X projects. I used version 1.41 to work with them, but any newer version should work as well.
karate_xc8.X can be build with microchips XC8 compiler
karate_v2.X requires the MCC18 compiler
You might want to adjust the USB VID/PID when building this
The code is based on microchip examples, so for most part of it the microchip licence applies. Those files have a intact microchip header-
All other files are GPL v2. see gpl-2.0.txt
Most files are encoded iso8859-1, some might be utf-8

fsUSB_Bootloader contains a bootloader for the device. Its software from microchip, just slightly adjusted to the hardware (Fuses, Switch).

The Hardware is licensed CERN OHL version 1.2
Both the base-board and the extension-board are included
The files were created using Cadsoft Eagle 6.3.
Only the latest revision (v06b) of the board is in this repository. If you need the files for a previous version, please contact me.
The files 20150310_KarateLight_Haka.zip and 20150310_KarateLight-Exp_Haka.zip were used for board production
The folder stencil contains files used to create a stencil and stencil holder with a laser-cutter.
There is a BOM with links to reichelt, digikey and mouser article numbers. Prices are most likely outdated.

The device can be used with various software packages. Some of them are