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You'll need several Arduino plugins and libraries for this project to work, they include:

You can learn more about how to install libraries here if you're new to Arduino Libraries!

Once installed, the code is very straight forward. Sure, you'll need a basic understanding of Arduino, but it's nothing too complex! I've commented it fairly well, and wrote it so it can be easily modified. Once you made the simple circuit and installed the libraries, all you have to do is download the code below and make the following changes:

  • Change the line of code "my_wifi_name" to your WiFi network name
  • Change the line of code "my_wifi_password" to your WiFi password

That's it! Really! It's that simple to get up and running.

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/*

  Adafruit Feather HUZZAH & Neopixel Cheerlights by Marc de Vinck
  CheerLights originally created by Hans Scharler

  Lots of code borrowed from CheerLights & Adafruit

  Adafruit HUZZAH - https://www.adafruit.com/products/2821
  Adafruit Neopixels - https://www.adafruit.com/products/1312
  Cheerlights - http://www.cheerlights.com
  ThingSpeak - https://www.thingspeak.com

  Project link -  https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/05/06/feather-huzzah-neopixel-cheerlighs/ ‎

*/

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h> // Include the ESP8266 Library
#include "ThingSpeak.h" // Include the ThingSpeak library
#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h> // Include the adafruit Neopixel Library

#define PIN            4 // What pin is the data being sent to the Neopixels
#define NUMPIXELS      3 // How many Neopixels are you using?

Adafruit_NeoPixel pixels = Adafruit_NeoPixel(NUMPIXELS, PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800); // Set up the Neopixels
int delayval = 500; // delay for half a second

WiFiClient  client;

const char* ssid     = "my_wifi_name"; // Enter your WiFi network name
const char* password = "my_wifi_password"; // Enter your WiFi password
const char* host = "api.thingspeak.com";
unsigned long cheerLightsChannelNumber = 1417; // The channel of Cheerlights


void setup() {

  pixels.begin(); // Start up Neopixels

  Serial.begin(115200); // Get ready for serial communications and display the connetion status 
  delay(100);

  Serial.println();
  Serial.println();
  Serial.print("Connecting to WiFi network -  ");
  Serial.println(ssid);

  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);

  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }

  Serial.println("");
  Serial.println("WiFi connected");
  Serial.println("IP address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());

  ThingSpeak.begin(client);
}

String colorName[] = {"none", "red", "pink", "green", "blue", "cyan", "white", "warmwhite", "oldlace", "purple", "magenta", "yellow", "orange", "1999"}; // List of CheerLights color names

int colorRGB[][3] = {     0,  0,  0,  // "none"  // Map of RGB values for each of the Cheerlight color names
                          255,  0,  0,  // "red"
                          255, 192, 203, // "pink"
                          0, 255,  0, // "green"
                          0,  0, 255, // "blue"
                          0, 255, 255, // "cyan",
                          255, 255, 255, // "white",
                          255, 223, 223, // "warmwhite",
                          255, 223, 223, // "oldlace",
                          128,  0, 128, // "purple",
                          255,  0, 255, // "magenta",
                          255, 255,  0, // "yellow",
                          255,165,  0}; // "orange"};
                          128,  0, 128}; // "1999 Prince purple"

void loop() {

  Serial.print("connecting to ");
  Serial.println(host);

  // Use WiFiClient class to create TCP connections
  WiFiClient client;
  const int httpPort = 80;
  if (!client.connect(host, httpPort)) {
    Serial.println("connection failed");
    return;
  }

  // We now create a URI for the request
  String url = "/channels/1417/field/1/last.json";
  Serial.print("Requesting URL: ");
  Serial.println(url);

  // This will send the request to the server
  client.print(String("GET ") + url + " HTTP/1.1\r\n" +
               "Host: " + host + "\r\n" +
               "Connection: close\r\n\r\n");
  delay(500); // Just a quick pause to let everything settle
  String color = ThingSpeak.readStringField(cheerLightsChannelNumber, 1); //Read the Cheerlight color and print to the serial monitor
  Serial.println(color);
  setColor(color);
  delay(18000);
}

void setColor(String color)
{
  // Look through the list of colors to find the one that was requested
  for (int iColor = 0; iColor <= 13; iColor++)
  {
    if (color == colorName[iColor])
    {

      pixels.setPixelColor(0, pixels.Color (colorRGB[iColor][0], colorRGB[iColor][1], colorRGB[iColor][2])); // set pixel 1 color (kept them seperate for easy hacking & understanding)
      pixels.setPixelColor(1, pixels.Color (colorRGB[iColor][0], colorRGB[iColor][1], colorRGB[iColor][2])); // set pixel 2 color (kept them seperate for easy hacking & understanding)
      pixels.setPixelColor(2, pixels.Color (colorRGB[iColor][0], colorRGB[iColor][1], colorRGB[iColor][2])); // set pixel 3 color (kept them seperate for easy hacking & understanding)
      pixels.show(); // This sends the updated pixel color to the hardware.

      delay(delayval); // Delay for a period of time (in milliseconds).

    }
  }
}
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This guide was first published on May 17, 2016. It was last updated on May 17, 2016.

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