Setup Adafruit GEMMA M0 for CircuitPython
Your GEMMA M0 should already come with CircuitPython but maybe there's a new version, or you overwrote your board with Arduino code! In that case, see the below for how to reinstall or update CircuitPython. Otherwise you can skip this and go straight to the next page.
Upload The Code
Copy and paste the code below into a new text document (we recommend using Mu as your editor, which is designed for CircuitPython.). Save the file and name it as main.py
Once the files has been uploaded to the drive, the board will automatically reboot and run the code.
import time
import board
import pulseio
from digitalio import DigitalInOut, Direction
# PWM (fading) LEDs are connected on D0, D2 (PWM not avail on D1)
pwm_leds = board.D2
pwm = pulseio.PWMOut(pwm_leds, frequency=1000, duty_cycle=0)
pwm2_leds = board.D0
pwm2 = pulseio.PWMOut(pwm2_leds, frequency=1000, duty_cycle=0)
brightness = 0 # how bright the LED is
fade_amount = 1285 # 2% steping of 2^16
counter = 0 # counter to keep track of cycles
while True:
# And send to LED as PWM level
pwm.duty_cycle = brightness
pwm2.duty_cycle = brightness
# change the brightness for next time through the loop:
brightness = brightness + fade_amount
print(brightness)
# reverse the direction of the fading at the ends of the fade:
if brightness <= 0:
fade_amount = -fade_amount
counter += 1
elif brightness >= 65535:
fade_amount = -fade_amount
counter += 1
# wait for 15 ms to see the dimming effect
time.sleep(.015)
