RGB led/led strip controlled bij IR remote

hi.

welcome to my fist try to make an RGB led controlled by an IR remote.

so you are probably wondering why i would want this; so me and my dad bought an RGB Led led strip with controller for behind the television it broke and we did not wan't to buy a new one so i made this, it doesn't work for led strips on this moment then i would need to add some transistors and stuff and a RGB led strip to test it... so i started with this. it took me around 2 hours to code because i am not really good at coding, but i like it and it works for what i wanted to do.
the link for the library is at the bottom of the post
the photo is an attachment of the post because i did not know how to get it in the post
you wil probably need to change the IR receive codes because you are probably using a differed remote

i hope you like it and can use it.

#include <IRremote.h>

/*
PINS:
Red pin - Pin 8 on the arduino
Green pin - pin 9 on the arduino
Blue pin - pin 10 on the arduino
Receive pin from the IR receiver - pin 7 on the arduino

use the library from: https://github.com/z3t0/Arduino-IRremote
*/

const int RECV_PIN = 7;
IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);
decode_results results;
unsigned long key_value = 0;

int Rpin = 8;
int Gpin = 9;
int Bpin = 10;

// Program variables
int redVal   = 255; // Variables to store the values to send to the pins
int greenVal = 1;   // Initial values are Red full, Green and Blue off
int blueVal  = 1;

int P = 0;     // Loop counter    
int wait = 10; // 50ms (.05 second) delay; shorten for faster fades

void setup(){
    Serial.begin(9600);  // ...set up the serial ouput on 0004 style
  irrecv.enableIRIn();
  irrecv.blink13(true);

  pinMode(Rpin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(Gpin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(Bpin, OUTPUT); 
}

void loop(){
  if (irrecv.decode(&results)){
 
        if (results.value == 0XFFFFFFFF)
          results.value = key_value;

          Serial.println(results.value, HEX);

        switch(results.value){
          case 0xFF02FD:
          Serial.println("ON");
          setColor(0, 0, 0);  // on/white
          break;

          case 0xFF827D:
          Serial.println("OFF");
          setColor(255, 255, 255);  // off
          break;
          
          case 0xFF1AE5:
          Serial.println("Dark red");
          setColor(0, 255, 255);  // Dark red
          break;

          case 0xFF2AD5:
          Serial.println("light red");
          setColor(20, 245, 245);  // light red
          break;

          case 0xFF0AF5:
          Serial.println("dark orange");
          setColor(40, 235, 235);  // dark orange
          break;

          case 0xFF38C7:
          Serial.println("Orange");
          setColor(0, 102, 255);  // Orange
          break;

          case 0xFF18E7:
          Serial.println("Yellow");
          setColor(0, 0, 255);  // Yellow
          break;

          case 0xFF9A65:
          Serial.println("Less dark green");
          setColor(255, 72, 234);  // Less dark green
          break;
          
          case 0xFFAA55:
          Serial.println("Green");
          setColor(255, 0, 255);  // Green
          break;

          case 0xFF8A75:
          Serial.println("Dark green");
          setColor(255, 153, 255);  // Dark green
          break;

          case 0xFFB847:
          Serial.println("Less light blue");
          setColor(204, 51, 51);  // Less light blue
          break;

          case 0xFF9867:
          Serial.println("Darkest blue");
          setColor(255, 255, 0); // Darkest blue
          break;

          case 0xFFA25D:
          Serial.println("dark blue");
          setColor(255, 204, 153); // dark blue
          break;

          case 0xFF926D:
          Serial.println("less dark blue");
          setColor(250, 250, 25);  // less dark blue
          break;

          case 0xFFB24D:
          Serial.println("Black");
          setColor(250, 250, 250);  // Black
          break;

          case 0xFF7887:
          Serial.println("Brown");
          setColor(102, 204, 255);  // Brown
          break;

          case 0xFF58A7:
          Serial.println("Pink1");
          setColor(0, 255, 153);  // Pink1
          break;

          case 0xFF22DD:
          Serial.println("White");
          setColor(0, 0, 0);  // White
          break;

          case 0xFF12ED:
          Serial.println("Pink2");
          setColor(0, 255, 153);  // Pink2
          break;

          case 0xFF32CD:
          Serial.println("Pink3");
          setColor(0, 255, 153);  // Pink3
          break;

          case 0xFFF807:
          Serial.println("light blue1");
          setColor(102, 0, 51);  // light blue1
          break;

          case 0xFF30CF:
          Serial.println("Jump3");
          int i;
          for (i = 0; i < 5; i++)
          {
          Jump3();  // Jump3
          }
          break;

          case 0xFF906F:
          Serial.println("Flash");
          int o;
          for (o = 0; o < 5; o++)
          {
          Flash();
          }
          break;

          case 0xFFB04F:
          Serial.println("fade");
          int u;
          for (u = 0; u < 800; u++)
          {
          fade();
          }
          break;
        }
        key_value = results.value;
        irrecv.resume(); 
  }
}

void setColor(int red, int green, int blue)
{
  analogWrite(Rpin, red);
  analogWrite(Gpin, green);
  analogWrite(Bpin, blue);  
}

void Jump3()
{
  setColor(0, 255, 255);  // Dark red
  delay(1000);
  setColor(255, 72, 234);  // Less dark green
  delay(1000);
  setColor(255, 204, 153); // dark blue
  delay(1000);
}

void Flash()
{
  setColor(random(0, 255), random(0, 255), random(0, 255)); //pick a random collor
  delay(750);
  setColor(0,0,0);
  delay(500);
}



void fade()
{
  P += 1;      // Increment counter
  if (P < 255) // First phase of fades
  {
    redVal   -= 1; // Red down
    greenVal += 1; // Green up
    blueVal   = 1; // Blue low
  }
  else if (P < 509) // Second phase of fades
  {
    redVal    = 1; // Red low
    greenVal -= 1; // Green down
    blueVal  += 1; // Blue up
  } 
  else if (P < 763) // Third phase of fades
  {
    redVal  += 1; // Red up
    greenVal = 1; // Green low
    blueVal -= 1; // Blue down
  }
  else // Re-set the counter, and start the fades again
  {
    P = 1;
  }  

  analogWrite(Rpin,   redVal);   // Write current values to LED pins
  analogWrite(Gpin, greenVal); 
  analogWrite(Bpin,  blueVal);  
  delay(wait); // Pause for 'wait' milliseconds before resuming the loop
}

link for the library: GitHub - Arduino-IRremote/Arduino-IRremote: Infrared remote library for Arduino: send and receive infrared signals with multiple protocols

So far so good, but one thing concerns me. I know that it's working, but the values of the colors are twisted. Normally you would it define like this:

setColor(255,255,255) //white

Since 255 is for full brightness and 0 for "off". Every Color-Picker normally has a RGB-Value. There you can see the normal values. So to get a full red you would normally type it as "setColor(255,0,0)" instead of "setColor(0, 255,255)".

I justed wanted to mention that, so nobody gets confused.

Maybe I am overseeing something. Correct me if I am wrong.

Maybe I am overseeing something. Correct me if I am wrong.

I think you mean "overlooking". "Overseeing" means managing/directing/being in charge of something.

On the other hand "an oversight" means something that was missed/forgotten. English is so confusing!

Anyway, the reason that 255=off and 0=on is not clear. Perhaps if you posted a schematic, we could tell you.

My best guess at the moment is that you are using a pair of transistors to drive each channel. For example, a non logic level MOSFET with a small npn pulling it's gate down to 0V with a pull-up resistor to 12V. The npn will be inverting the signal.

SchnoppDog:
So far so good, but one thing concerns me. I know that it's working, but the values of the colors are twisted. Normally you would it define like this:

setColor(255,255,255) //white

Since 255 is for full brightness and 0 for "off". Every Color-Picker normally has a RGB-Value. There you can see the normal values. So to get a full red you would normally type it as "setColor(255,0,0)" instead of "setColor(0, 255,255)".

I justed wanted to mention that, so nobody gets confused.

Maybe I am overseeing something. Correct me if I am wrong.

yes i have seen that i also don't understand that but 255,255,255 is off for some reason idk why and also dont know how to fix it

You forgot the resistors for the LED.

You use a LED with a common anode. The anode is tied to 5V. To let it glow, you need to pull the cathodes to ground.

An analogWrite(, 0) pulls it to ground all the time. -> Bright light
An analogWrite(, 255) pull it to 5V all the time. -> Off

WHen you want setColor(255, 255, 255) to be white, you need to invert the values. Something like analogWrite(Rpin, 255 - red); should do the trick for red.