Hey guys,
I'm currently doing a simple project where I want to change the color of an RGB LED using a potentiometer.
The problem is that the LED often changes its color without any programmatical interference, even when its hardcoded. For example, from dark blue to orange and on to light blue then back to dark blue. There sometimes seems to exist a pattern, but other times it seems random.
This is the sketch:
And this is my code:
#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
#define PIN 3
#define NUMPIXELS 1
int potPin = 3; // Potentiometer output connected to analog pin 3
int potVal = 0; // Variable to store the input from the potentiometer
Adafruit_NeoPixel pixels = Adafruit_NeoPixel(NUMPIXELS, PIN, NEO_GRBW + NEO_KHZ800);
int pause = 1000;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
pixels.begin();
}
void loop() {
potVal = analogRead(potPin);
//There's more code which calculates the RGB values from the potentiometer readings
pixels.setPixelColor(0, pixels.Color(1, 1, 200)); //hardcoded RGB value
pixels.show();
Serial.println(pixels.getPixelColor(0)); //The color value it prints doesn't change but the color of LED itself changes
delay (pause);
}
If something is unclear, please ask. Thanks for any help!
