Hello
I hope someone can help me, I am very new to Arduino / C++ so please excuse me if I am asking a silly question!
I have 2 strings of NeoPixels (I am using 8mm individual Pixels, 8 per string) - Connected to pins 10 and 11 onto a Arduino Uno.
I have code which runs though a set of different patterns which is ideal for one strip - but I would like the second strip to run though just a single pattern along side the first strip.
The code I have at the moment works - however it does the first strip, then second, then first, then second etc - but I want them both to work at the same time (with different patterns)
Here is the code I am currently using :
#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
Adafruit_NeoPixel strip2 = Adafruit_NeoPixel(6, 11, NEO_RGB + NEO_KHZ800);
Adafruit_NeoPixel strip1 = Adafruit_NeoPixel(6, 10, NEO_RGB + NEO_KHZ800);
#define Brightness 10 //Set brightness to 1/10th
#define Full (255/Brightness)
//Create scrolling red and white candy cane stripes.
//Try adjusting the width in pixels for various results.
//Value "sets" should evenly divide into strand length
void CandyCane (int sets,int width,int wait) {
int L;
for(int j=0;j<(sets*width);j++) {
for(int i=0;i< strip2.numPixels();i++) {
L=strip2.numPixels()-i-1;
if ( ((i+j) % (width*2) )<width)
strip2.setPixelColor(L,Full,0,0);
else
strip2.setPixelColor(L,Full,Full, Full);
};
strip2.show();
delay(wait);
};
};
//Create sets of random white or gray pixels
void RandomWhite (int sets, int wait) {
int V,i,j;
for (i=0;i<sets;i++) {
for(j=0;j<strip2.numPixels();j++) {
V=random(Full);
strip2.setPixelColor(j,V,V,V);
}
strip2.show();
delay(wait);
}
};
//Create sets of random colors
void RandomColor (int sets, int wait) {
int i,j;
for (i=0;i<sets;i++) {
for(j=0;j<strip2.numPixels();j++) {
strip2.setPixelColor(j,random(255)/Brightness,random(255)/Brightness,random(255)/Brightness);
}
strip2.show();
delay(wait);
}
};
void RainbowStripe (int sets,int width,int wait) {
int L;
for(int j=0;j<(sets*width*6);j++) {
for(int i=0;i< strip2.numPixels();i++) {
L=strip2.numPixels()-i-1;
switch ( ( (i+j)/width) % 6 ) {
case 0: strip2.setPixelColor(L,Full,0,0);break;//Red
case 1: strip2.setPixelColor(L,Full,Full,0);break;//Yellow
case 2: strip2.setPixelColor(L,0,Full,0);break;//Green
case 3: strip2.setPixelColor(L,0,Full,Full);break;//Cyan
case 4: strip2.setPixelColor(L,0,0,Full);break;//Blue
case 5: strip2.setPixelColor(L,Full,0,Full);break;//Magenta
// default: strip2.setPixelColor(L,0,0,0);//Use for debugging only
}
};
strip2.show();
delay(wait);
};
};
//These routines were modified from Adafruit strand test sketch
// Fill the dots one after the other with a color
void colorWipe(uint32_t c, uint8_t wait) {
for(uint16_t i=0; i<strip2.numPixels(); i++) {
strip2.setPixelColor(i, c);
strip2.show();
delay(wait);
}
}
void rainbowCycle(uint8_t sets, uint8_t wait) {
uint16_t i, j;
for(j=0; j<256*sets; j++) { //cycles of all colors on wheel
for(i=0; i< strip2.numPixels(); i++) {
strip2.setPixelColor(strip2.numPixels()-i-1, Wheel(((i * 256 / strip2.numPixels()) + j) & 255));
}
strip2.show();
delay(wait);
}
}
void rainbowCycle1(uint8_t sets, uint8_t wait) {
uint16_t i, j;
for(j=0; j<256*sets; j++) { //cycles of all colors on wheel
for(i=0; i< strip1.numPixels(); i++) {
strip1.setPixelColor(strip2.numPixels()-i-1, Wheel(((i * 256 / strip1.numPixels()) + j) & 255));
}
strip1.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 strip2.Color((WheelPos * 3)/Brightness, (255 - WheelPos * 3)/Brightness, 0);
} else if(WheelPos < 170) {
WheelPos -= 85;
return strip2.Color((255 - WheelPos * 3)/Brightness, 0, (WheelPos * 3)/Brightness);
} else {
WheelPos -= 170;
return strip2.Color(0,(WheelPos * 3)/Brightness, (255 - WheelPos * 3)/Brightness);
}
}
void setup() {
pinMode(10, INPUT_PULLUP); //initializes strip1
pinMode(11, INPUT_PULLUP); //initializes strip2
strip1.begin();
strip1.show(); // Initialize all pixels to 'off'
strip2.begin();
strip2.show();
randomSeed(1234);//Set up random number generator
}
void loop() {
CandyCane(30,8,50);//30 sets, 8 pixels wide, 50us delay
rainbowCycle1(10,2);//10 rainbow cycles
RainbowStripe(5,4,75);//5 cycles, 4 pixels wide, 50 delay
rainbowCycle1(10,2);//10 rainbow cycles
RandomWhite(50,200);//50 sets of random grayscale
rainbowCycle1(10,2);//10 rainbow cycles
RandomColor(50,200);//50 sets of random colors
rainbowCycle1(10,2);//10 rainbow cycles
colorWipe(strip2.Color(Full, 0, 0), 50); // Red
colorWipe(strip2.Color(Full, Full, 0), 50); // Yellow
colorWipe(strip2.Color(0, Full, 0), 50); // Green
colorWipe(strip2.Color(0, Full, Full), 50); // Cyan
colorWipe(strip2.Color(0, 0, Full), 50); // Blue
colorWipe(strip2.Color(Full, 0, Full), 50); // Magenta
rainbowCycle1(10,2);//10 rainbow cycles
rainbowCycle(10,2);//10 rainbow cycles
rainbowCycle1(10,2);//10 rainbow cycles
colorWipe(0,5);//Black
}
Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks in advanced 