To use the NeoPixels, you need to first install its library, if you haven't already. You can simply search for "Adafruit NeoPixel" in the Adruino Library Manager as described here and jump right back to continue this tutorial. For background reading, here's how you can install a library on Arduino in general. If you need the NeoPixel library source code, here's its GitHub page.
The following code shows you how to create different lighting effects with the LEDs. There are lots of tutorials on programming NeoPixels, for example, on Adafruit. Try them and find your favorite effect to put on your Flowers.
#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
#define PIN 9 //The signal pin connected with Arduino
#define LED_COUNT 7 // the amount of the leds of your strip
// Create an instance of the Adafruit_NeoPixel class called "leds".
// That'll be what we refer to from here on...
Adafruit_NeoPixel leds = Adafruit_NeoPixel(LED_COUNT, PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);
void setup()
{
leds.begin(); // Call this to start up the LED strip.
clearLEDs(); // This function, defined below, turns all LEDs off...
leds.show(); // ...but the LEDs don't actually update until you call this.
}
void loop()
{
for (int i=0; i<LED_COUNT; i++)
{
rainbow(i);
delay(10); // Delay between rainbow slides
}
}
// Sets all LEDs to off, but DOES NOT update the display;
// call leds.show() to actually turn them off after this.
void clearLEDs()
{
for (int i=0; i<LED_COUNT; i++)
{
leds.setPixelColor(i, 0);
}
}
// Prints a rainbow on the ENTIRE LED strip.
// The rainbow begins at a specified position.
// ROY G BIV!
void rainbow(byte startPosition)
{
// Need to scale our rainbow. We want a variety of colors, even if there
// are just 10 or so pixels.
int rainbowScale = 192 / LED_COUNT;
// Next we setup each pixel with the right color
for (int i=0; i<LED_COUNT; i++)
{
// There are 192 total colors we can get out of the rainbowOrder function.
// It'll return a color between red->orange->green->...->violet for 0-191.
leds.setPixelColor(i, rainbowOrder((rainbowScale * (i + startPosition)) % 192));
}
// Finally, actually turn the LEDs on:
leds.show();
}
// Input a value 0 to 191 to get a color value.
// The colors are a transition red->yellow->green->aqua->blue->fuchsia->red...
// Adapted from Wheel function in the Adafruit_NeoPixel library example sketch
uint32_t rainbowOrder(byte position)
{
// 6 total zones of color change:
if (position < 31) // Red -> Yellow (Red = FF, blue = 0, green goes 00-FF)
{
return leds.Color(0xFF, position * 8, 0);
}
else if (position < 63) // Yellow -> Green (Green = FF, blue = 0, red goes FF->00)
{
position -= 31;
return leds.Color(0xFF - position * 8, 0xFF, 0);
}
else if (position < 95) // Green->Aqua (Green = FF, red = 0, blue goes 00->FF)
{
position -= 63;
return leds.Color(0, 0xFF, position * 8);
}
else if (position < 127) // Aqua->Blue (Blue = FF, red = 0, green goes FF->00)
{
position -= 95;
return leds.Color(0, 0xFF - position * 8, 0xFF);
}
else if (position < 159) // Blue->Fuchsia (Blue = FF, green = 0, red goes 00->FF)
{
position -= 127;
return leds.Color(position * 8, 0, 0xFF);
}
else //160 <position< 191 Fuchsia->Red (Red = FF, green = 0, blue goes FF->00)
{
position -= 159;
return leds.Color(0xFF, 0x00, 0xFF - position * 8);
}
}
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