Hello,
I have trouble understanding how to work with analog pins outside of the void loop().
I have a slave Arduino that receives commands as a byte. From my understanding, the slave Arduino keeps calling the receiveEvent() function and the requestEvent() function. It seems to ignore the void loop() function?
Now, the functions work in that they set my RGB LED for a split second as the function calls, however thereafter it goes off again. I would like it to stay on for a specific period (e.g. 3 seconds), while the slave keeps looping and looking for new commands.
I tried to set void receiveEvent(int howMany) as byte receiveEvent(int howMany) and then call the value to the void loop, but this threw an error as it expects void.
Could someone please advise? Relevant code below:
/*
I2C Slave Demo
i2c-slave-demo.ino
Demonstrate use of I2C bus
Slave receives character from Master and responds
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*/
// Include Arduino Wire library for I2C
#include <Wire.h>
// Define Slave I2C Address
#define SLAVE_ADDR 9
// Define Slave answer size
#define ANSWERSIZE 5
// Define string with response to Master
String answer = "Hello";
// define pins
const int redPin = 11;
const int greenPin = 10;
const int bluePin = 9;
//void setColourRgb(unsigned int red, unsigned int green, unsigned int blue);
//void pir_rgbTrigger(int pirValue);
void setColourRgb(unsigned int red, unsigned int green, unsigned int blue);
void setup() {
Wire.begin(SLAVE_ADDR); // Initialize I2C communications as Slave
Wire.onRequest(requestEvent); // Function to run when data requested from master
Wire.onReceive(receiveEvent); // Function to run when data received from master
// Setup Serial Monitor
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("I2C Slave Demonstration");
}
void receiveEvent(int howMany) {
// Read while data received
while (0 < Wire.available()) {
byte state = Wire.read();
Serial.println(state);
rgbState(state);
}
// Print to Serial Monitor
//Serial.println("Receive event");
//return x;
}
void requestEvent() {
// Setup byte variable in the correct size
byte response[ANSWERSIZE];
// Format answer as array
for (byte i=0;i<ANSWERSIZE;i++) {
response[i] = (byte)answer.charAt(i);
}
// Send response back to Master
Wire.write(response,sizeof(response));
// Print to Serial Monitor
//Serial.println("Request event");
}
void loop() {
byte state;
//state = receiveEvent();
requestEvent();
rgbState(state);
// Time delay in loop
delay(50);
}
void rgbState(byte state){
unsigned int rgbColour[3];
if (state == 0){
rgbColour[0] = 0;
rgbColour[1] = 0;
rgbColour[2] = 0;
}
if (state >= 10 && state < 20){
rgbColour[0] = 127;
rgbColour[1] = 127;
rgbColour[2] = 127;
}
else if (state >= 20 && state < 30)
{
rgbColour[0] = 127;
rgbColour[1] = 0;
rgbColour[2] = 0;
}
setColourRgb(rgbColour[0], rgbColour[1], rgbColour[2]);
}
void setColourRgb(unsigned int red, unsigned int green, unsigned int blue) {
analogWrite(redPin, red);
analogWrite(greenPin, green);
analogWrite(bluePin, blue);
}