Once you've finished setting up your QT Py RP2040 with CircuitPython, you can access the code, audio files and necessary libraries by downloading the Project Bundle.
To do this, click on the Download Project Bundle button in the window below. It will download as a zipped folder.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Liz Clark for Adafruit Industries
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
import time
import board
import neopixel
from digitalio import DigitalInOut, Direction, Pull
from adafruit_led_animation.animation.rainbow import Rainbow
from adafruit_led_animation.sequence import AnimationSequence
from adafruit_led_animation import helper
from adafruit_led_animation.color import AMBER
# button setup
button = DigitalInOut(board.D1)
button.direction = Direction.INPUT
button.pull = Pull.UP
# neopixel setup
pixel_pin = board.D0
pixel_num = 9
pixels = neopixel.NeoPixel(pixel_pin, pixel_num, brightness=0.3, auto_write=False)
# variable for number of pixels in the pixelmap helper
num = 1
# pixel map helper
# allows you to light each candle up one by one
# begins with one being lit (num)
candles = helper.PixelMap.horizontal_lines(
pixels, num, 1, helper.horizontal_strip_gridmap(pixel_num, alternating=False)
)
# rainbow animation
rainbow = Rainbow(candles, speed=0.1, period=5)
animations = AnimationSequence(rainbow)
# turn on center candle
pixels[4] = AMBER
pixels.show()
while True:
# if only one candle is lit, don't rewrite center neopixel
if num == 1:
pass
# otherwise write data to center neopixel
else:
pixels[4] = AMBER
pixels.show()
# animation the rainbow animation
animations.animate()
# if you press the button...
if not button.value:
# if all of the candles are not lit up yet...
if num < 9:
# increase value of num by one
num += 1
# skip the center candle so that it stays amber
if num == 4:
num = 5
# recreate the pixel helper to increase the size of the horizontal grid
# this is how the next neopixel is lit up in the sequence
candles = helper.PixelMap.horizontal_lines(
pixels, num, 1, helper.horizontal_strip_gridmap(pixel_num, alternating=False)
)
rainbow = Rainbow(candles, speed=0.1, period=5)
animations = AnimationSequence(rainbow)
# quick delay so that everything flows well
time.sleep(0.5)
After downloading the Project Bundle, plug your QT Py RP2040 into the computer USB port. You should see a new flash drive appear in the computer's File Explorer or Finder (depending on your operating system) called CIRCUITPY. Unzip the folder and copy the following items to the QT Py RP2040's CIRCUITPY drive.
- lib folder
- code.py
Your QT Py RP2040 CIRCUITPY drive should look like this after copying the lib folder and code.py file.
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