Button LED project

[Hefn]

Hey, i am not very good at coding and trying to learn as much as i could. I am thinking about creating a homemade party light, in the past i have made different codes for different light effects and combined them in a loop making them play all over without eny sort of controlling the modes. Therefor i want to include a button to be able to switch between different modes on this light. Do anyone have any tips to make it so that each press of a button changes the mode from one effect to another? Heres a part of my existing code of effects:

#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>

#define PIN1 7
#define N_LEDS1 24
#define NUM_LIT 50
#define SPEED 0.1
#define BRIGHTNESS 225
#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
#ifdef AVR
#include <avr/power.h>
#endif

Adafruit_NeoPixel strip1 = Adafruit_NeoPixel(N_LEDS1, PIN1, NEO_RGB + NEO_KHZ800);

void setup() {
strip1.begin();
strip1.show();

}

void loop() {
Strobe(0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 10, 50, 1000);
chase(strip1.Color(BRIGHTNESS, BRIGHTNESS, 0)); //
// chase(strip1.Color(0, BRIGHTNESS, BRIGHTNESS)); //
// chase(strip1.Color(0, BRIGHTNESS, 0)); // Green
chase_back(strip1.Color(BRIGHTNESS, 0, 0)); // Red
// chase(strip1.Color(0, 0, BRIGHTNESS)); // Blue

Thanks for any help!

[Railroader]

Buttons...... They more than often tends to be difficult. There are tons of button question topics here. Do some search, "Arduino + button".

[dougp]

If you're going to be adding a pushbutton it's time to get acquainted with debouncing and state change detection: IDE > file/examples/digital.

How many effects are planned?

[Hefn]

I have not quite desided yet but lets say 6 to say a number

[Hefn]

I found a code online for changing color and brightness, will this one work if i change the parts where the code stats int and the color to the effect name and include the effect code later on in the code?

tandt1-btn.ino (1.98 KB)

[Railroader]

Please post code here, using code tags. Most helpers don't like filling the computers with code like this.

[Hefn]

This is the code

#include <FastLED.h> // FastLed library version 3.2.1 - Overview · FastLED/FastLED Wiki · GitHub or http://fastled.io/ with NEOPIXEL or WS2812B
#define LED_TYPE WS2812B // define the led type
#define NUM_STRIPS 1 // number of led strips
#define NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP 50 // total number of leds per strip
CRGB leds[NUM_STRIPS][NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP];

const int btn1 = 2;
const int btn2 = 3;

int btn1Val = 0;
int btn1State = 0;

int btn2Val = 0;

int colorState = 0;
int currentColor = 0;

int color1 = 0; //red
int color2 = 96; //green
int color3 = 160; //blue

int currentBrt = 100;

void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);

pinMode(btn1, INPUT);
pinMode(btn2, INPUT);

FastLED.addLeds<NEOPIXEL, 12>(leds[0], NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP); //define the pin output for led strip one

fill_solid(leds[0], NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP, CRGB::Black); // some led strips are all on at power on, so let's power them off at boot
FastLED.show();
}

void loop() {
btn1Val = digitalRead(btn1);
btn2Val = digitalRead(btn2);

if(btn1Val == 1){
delay(50);
btn1State = 1;
}else if(btn1State == 1){
colorState++;
if(colorState > 2){colorState = 0;};
btn1State = 0;

Serial.print("colorState:");
Serial.println(colorState);
}

if(colorState == 0){
currentColor = color1;
}else if(colorState == 1){
currentColor = color2;
}else if(colorState == 2){
currentColor = color3;
}

if(btn2Val == 1){
delay(50);
currentBrt++;
//EVERY_N_MILLISECONDS( 30 ) { currentBrt++; }
if(currentBrt > 150){currentBrt = 0;};

Serial.print("currentBrt:");
Serial.println(currentBrt);
}

fadeToBlackBy( leds[0], NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP, 5);
int pos = beat8(50);
pos = map(pos, 0, 255, 0, NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP-1);
leds[0][pos] += CHSV( currentColor, 255, currentBrt);

FastLED.show();
}

[Railroader]

Eehhh. I don't se the use of code tags, the symbol up to the left in this window... Using the Autoformat in the IDE makes the code even more readable.

Still a few important things are missing. What controller are You using?
Wiring diagram... Not any Fritzing!

All this is found in the first topic like "How to use this Forum".