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Hey, fresh meat here! I´ve just recently discovered Arduino and could use some help. I´m going to have 32 LEDs fading with seperate speeds in a organic way. I´ve been using example codes for some hours now, but the fading is way too rapid. I don´t know how to make a single LED to fade slow and smooth. Can you help me?

Below is the code I´m using right now, testing one LED. How do make the fading slower here?

Code:

#include "Tlc5940.h"
#include "tlc_fades.h"

TLC_CHANNEL_TYPE channel;

void setup()
{
  Tlc.init();
}

void loop()
{
  if (tlc_fadeBufferSize < TLC_FADE_BUFFER_LENGTH - 2) {
    if (!tlc_isFading(1)){
      uint16_t duration = 3000 - (analogRead(0) * 2);
      int maxValue = 4000;
      uint32_t startMillis = millis();
      uint32_t endMillis = startMillis + duration;
      tlc_addFade(1, 0, maxValue, startMillis, endMillis);
      tlc_addFade(1, maxValue, 0, endMillis, endMillis + duration);
      }
      
    if (channel++ == NUM_TLCS * 16) {
      channel = 0;
    }
  }
  tlc_updateFades();
}

[Reply #1 on:]

I'd think that you could change the speed of fading by changing 'duration'.  Currently it is set by an analog input on A0:

Code:

      uint16_t duration = 3000 - (analogRead(0) * 2);

That will get you between 954 milliseconds (about a second) and 3000 milliseconds (three seconds).

You can make the decay time a constant:

Code:

      unsigned long duration = 10000; // Decay over 10 seconds

[Reply #2 on:]

Thank you johnwasser! Great...

Now, if I don´t want a total fade out, so that the LEDs never go down to zero, how do I make that happend?

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Now, if I don´t want a total fade out, so that the LEDs never go down to zero, how do I make that happend?

I'd guess that you'd set the start or end point of the fade to something other than zero.

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Thanks again! Sorry for being such a neebie...