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Animated clock based on zeroeth's time loop, with added GPS and orientation adjustment.

If this is your first time using FLORA, add the Adafruit board support package for Arduino as explained in this guide.

The code requires the following libraries, which can be installed with the Arduino Library manager (Sketch→Include Library…→Manage Libraries…):

  • Adafruit_NeoPixel
  • TimeLib
  • Adafruit_GPS

Other libraries used here are part of the stock Arduino distribution.

Select FLORA as your board type before compiling (Tools→Board→Adafruit Boards→FLORA).

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//NeoPixel clock with FLORA based on Kevin Alford's NeoPixel ring clock face
//https://github.com/zeroeth/time_loop
//http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-mROp-ZKuk
//modified by Becky Stern for Adafruit Industries
#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
#include <TimeLib.h>
#include <Adafruit_GPS.h>
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#include <Wire.h>

Adafruit_GPS GPS(&Serial1);

#define PIN 12

// Set GPSECHO to 'false' to turn off echoing the GPS data to the Serial console
// Set to 'true' if you want to debug and listen to the raw GPS sentences
#define GPSECHO false
     
// this keeps track of whether we're using the interrupt
// off by default!
boolean usingInterrupt = false;

// From adaFruit NEOPIXEL goggles example: Gamma correction improves appearance of midrange colors
const uint8_t gamma[] = {
      0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,
      0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,
      1,  1,  1,  1,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  3,  3,  3,  3,
      3,  3,  4,  4,  4,  4,  5,  5,  5,  5,  5,  6,  6,  6,  6,  7,
      7,  7,  8,  8,  8,  9,  9,  9, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12,
     13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 18, 19, 19, 20,
     20, 21, 21, 22, 22, 23, 24, 24, 25, 25, 26, 27, 27, 28, 29, 29,
     30, 31, 31, 32, 33, 34, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,
     42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57,
     58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75,
     76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 96,
     97, 99,100,102,103,105,106,108,109,111,112,114,115,117,119,120,
    122,124,125,127,129,130,132,134,136,137,139,141,143,145,146,148,
    150,152,154,156,158,160,162,164,166,168,170,172,174,176,178,180,
    182,184,186,188,191,193,195,197,199,202,204,206,209,211,213,215,
    218,220,223,225,227,230,232,235,237,240,242,245,247,250,252,255
};

// Parameter 1 = number of pixels in strip
// Parameter 2 = pin number (most are valid)
// Parameter 3 = pixel type flags, add together as needed:
//   NEO_RGB     Pixels are wired for RGB bitstream
//   NEO_GRB     Pixels are wired for GRB bitstream
//   NEO_KHZ400  400 KHz bitstream (e.g. FLORA pixels)
//   NEO_KHZ800  800 KHz bitstream (e.g. High Density LED strip)
Adafruit_NeoPixel strip = Adafruit_NeoPixel(36, PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);

//--------------------------------------------------|
//Your NeoPixel rings may not line up with ours, or each other.     |
//Enter which NeoPixel leds are on top LED (0-23 and 0-13).  |
  #define outerTOP_LED                10
  #define innerTOP_LED                5
//--------------------------------------------------|

int outertopLED = outerTOP_LED;
int innertopLED = innerTOP_LED;
float fLat = 0.0;
float fLon = 0.0;

//tequila sunrise color scheme

uint32_t milli_color  = strip.Color ( 44,  21,  0); // redest orange
uint32_t second_color = strip.Color (  44,  30, 0); //slightly yellower
uint32_t hour_color   = strip.Color (  44, 42,  0); //yellow
uint32_t minute_color = strip.Color ( 43, 0, 5); //red
uint32_t off_color    = strip.Color (  0,  0,  0);


//blue, green, & purple color scheme
/*
uint32_t milli_color  = strip.Color ( 24,  0,  24); // magenta
uint32_t second_color = strip.Color (  17,  0, 44); // purple
uint32_t hour_color   = strip.Color (  0, 10,  44); // royal blue
uint32_t minute_color = strip.Color ( 0, 44, 10); // green
uint32_t off_color    = strip.Color (  0,  0,  0);
*/

// Offset hours from gps time (UTC)
//const int offset = 1;   // Central European Time
const int offset = -4;  // Eastern Daylight Time (USA)
//const int offset = -5;  // Central Daylight Time (USA)
//const int offset = -8;  // Pacific Standard Time (USA)
//const int offset = -7;  // Pacific Daylight Time (USA)

/* CLOCK */
class ClockPositions
{
 public:
 
  uint8_t milli;
  uint8_t currentsecond;
  uint8_t currentminute;
  uint8_t currenthour;


  ClockPositions ();
  void update    ();
};


ClockPositions::ClockPositions()
{
  /*
  milli = 0;
  second = 0;
  minute = 30;
  hour = 6;
  */
  //DateTime(__DATE__, __TIME__);
  
}


void ClockPositions::update()
{
  
  if (GPS.fix) {
      // set the Time to the latest GPS reading
      setTime(GPS.hour, GPS.minute, GPS.seconds, GPS.day, GPS.month, GPS.year);
      delay(50);
      adjustTime(offset * SECS_PER_HOUR);
      
      delay(100);
    }
    
  currentsecond = outertopLED + map ((second() % 60), 0, 60, 0, 23);
  if (currentsecond > 24) {currentsecond = currentsecond-24;};
  milli  = map ((millis() %  1000), 0,  1000, 0, 24);
  currenthour   = innertopLED + map ((hour() % 12), 0,  12, 24, 35);
  if (currenthour > 35) { currenthour = currenthour-12;}
  //Serial.print("the hour is: ");
  //Serial.println(hour());
  currentminute = outertopLED + map (minute() % 60, 0,  60, 0, 23);
  if (currentminute > 23) {currentminute = currentminute-24;};
  //Serial.print("the minute is: ");
  //Serial.println(minute());
}



/* CLOCK VIEW */

class ClockSegments
{
 public:
  ClockPositions    &positions;
  Adafruit_NeoPixel &strip;

  ClockSegments (Adafruit_NeoPixel&, ClockPositions&);
  void draw  ();
  void clear ();
  void add_color (uint8_t position, uint32_t color);
  uint32_t blend (uint32_t color1, uint32_t color2);
};


ClockSegments::ClockSegments (Adafruit_NeoPixel& n_strip, ClockPositions& n_positions): strip (n_strip), positions (n_positions)
{
}


void ClockSegments::draw()
{
  clear();

  add_color (positions.currentminute,  minute_color);
  //Serial.println(positions.minute);
  add_color (positions.currenthour,  hour_color  );


  add_color (positions.currentsecond     % 24, second_color);
  add_color ((positions.currentsecond+1) % 24, second_color);
  //add_color ((positions.second+2) % 24, second_color);

/*
  add_color (positions.milli     % 24,  milli_color);
  add_color ((positions.milli+1) % 24,  milli_color);
  add_color ((positions.milli+2) % 24,  milli_color);
*/
  strip.show ();
}


void ClockSegments::add_color (uint8_t position, uint32_t color)
{
  uint32_t blended_color = blend (strip.getPixelColor (position), color);

  /* Gamma mapping */
  uint8_t r,b,g;

  r = (uint8_t)(blended_color >> 16),
  g = (uint8_t)(blended_color >>  8),
  b = (uint8_t)(blended_color >>  0);

  strip.setPixelColor (position, blended_color);
}


uint32_t ClockSegments::blend (uint32_t color1, uint32_t color2)
{
  uint8_t r1,g1,b1;
  uint8_t r2,g2,b2;
  uint8_t r3,g3,b3;

  r1 = (uint8_t)(color1 >> 16),
  g1 = (uint8_t)(color1 >>  8),
  b1 = (uint8_t)(color1 >>  0);

  r2 = (uint8_t)(color2 >> 16),
  g2 = (uint8_t)(color2 >>  8),
  b2 = (uint8_t)(color2 >>  0);


  return strip.Color (constrain (r1+r2, 0, 255), constrain (g1+g2, 0, 255), constrain (b1+b2, 0, 255));
}


void ClockSegments::clear ()
{
  for(uint16_t i=0; i<strip.numPixels (); i++) {
      strip.setPixelColor (i, off_color);
  }
}



/* SIMPLE MIXER */
// add rgb and clamp





/* APP */
ClockPositions positions;
ClockSegments  segments(strip, positions);

void setup ()
{
 
   
  // connect at 115200 so we can read the GPS fast enough and echo without dropping chars
  // also spit it out
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println("Adafruit GPS library basic test!");
     
  // 9600 NMEA is the default baud rate for Adafruit MTK GPS's- some use 4800
  GPS.begin(9600);
  // uncomment this line to turn on RMC (recommended minimum) and GGA (fix data) including altitude
  GPS.sendCommand(PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMCGGA);
  // uncomment this line to turn on only the "minimum recommended" data
  //GPS.sendCommand(PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMCONLY);
  // For parsing data, we don't suggest using anything but either RMC only or RMC+GGA since
  // the parser doesn't care about other sentences at this time
  // Set the update rate
  GPS.sendCommand(PMTK_SET_NMEA_UPDATE_1HZ); // 1 Hz update rate
  // For the parsing code to work nicely and have time to sort thru the data, and
  
  // print it out we don't suggest using anything higher than 1 Hz
     
  // Request updates on antenna status, comment out to keep quiet
  GPS.sendCommand(PGCMD_ANTENNA);
  
  delay(1000);
  // Ask for firmware version
  Serial1.println(PMTK_Q_RELEASE);
  
  strip.begin ();
  strip.show (); // Initialize all pixels to 'off'
}

uint32_t gpsTimer = millis();
uint32_t startupTimer = millis();

void loop ()
{
 
  // read data from the GPS in the 'main loop'
  char c = GPS.read();
  // if you want to debug, this is a good time to do it!
  if (GPSECHO)
    //if (c) Serial.print(c);
  // if a sentence is received, we can check the checksum, parse it...
  if (GPS.newNMEAreceived()) {
    // a tricky thing here is if we print the NMEA sentence, or data
    // we end up not listening and catching other sentences!
    // so be very wary if using OUTPUT_ALLDATA and trytng to print out data
    //Serial.println(GPS.lastNMEA()); // this also sets the newNMEAreceived() flag to false
    if (!GPS.parse(GPS.lastNMEA())) // this also sets the newNMEAreceived() flag to false
      return; // we can fail to parse a sentence in which case we should just wait for another
  }
  
  // if millis() or timer wraps around, we'll just reset it
  if (gpsTimer > millis()) gpsTimer = millis();

    //if (GPS.fix) {
      // set the Time to the latest GPS reading
      setTime(GPS.hour, GPS.minute, GPS.seconds, GPS.day, GPS.month, GPS.year);
      delay(50);
      adjustTime(offset * SECS_PER_HOUR);
    Serial.print("\nTime: ");
    Serial.print(GPS.hour, DEC); Serial.print(':');
    Serial.print(GPS.minute, DEC); Serial.print(':');
    Serial.print(GPS.seconds, DEC); Serial.print('.');
    Serial.println(GPS.milliseconds);
      delay(100);
    //}
      
  // approximately every 60 seconds or so, update time
  if ((millis() - gpsTimer > 60000)) {
    gpsTimer = millis(); // reset the timer
    if (GPS.fix) {
      // set the Time to the latest GPS reading
      setTime(GPS.hour, GPS.minute, GPS.seconds, GPS.day, GPS.month, GPS.year);
      delay(50);
      adjustTime(offset * SECS_PER_HOUR);
      
      delay(100);
    }
  }
  
  positions.update ();
  segments.draw ();
  
}




// Fill the dots one after the other with a color
void colorWipe(uint32_t c, uint32_t wait) {
  for(uint16_t i=0; i<strip.numPixels(); i++) {
      strip.setPixelColor(i, c);
      strip.show();
      delay(wait);
  }
}

// Slightly different, this makes the rainbow equally distributed throughout
void rainbowCycle(uint8_t wait) {
  uint16_t i, j;

  for(j=0; j<256*5; j++) { // 5 cycles of all colors on wheel
    for(i=0; i< strip.numPixels(); i++) {
      strip.setPixelColor(i, Wheel(((i * 256 / strip.numPixels()) + j) & 255));
    }
    strip.show();
    delay(wait);
  }
}

// Input a value 0 to 255 to get a color value.
// The colours are a transition r - g - b - back to r.
uint32_t Wheel(byte WheelPos) {
  if(WheelPos < 85) {
   return strip.Color(WheelPos * 3, 255 - WheelPos * 3, 0);
  } else if(WheelPos < 170) {
   WheelPos -= 85;
   return strip.Color(255 - WheelPos * 3, 0, WheelPos * 3);
  } else {
   WheelPos -= 170;
   return strip.Color(0, WheelPos * 3, 255 - WheelPos * 3);
  }
}
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This guide was first published on Feb 12, 2014. It was last updated on Feb 12, 2014.

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