Good day,
I have been working on the below sketch and did some great progress but realized that maybe I took the wrong approach and I am unable to see how I would go about integrating the final requirements in the sketch.
the sketch represent the remote control for my mini tank robot. the control has a thumb joystick and 2 push buttons.
When pressing the thumb joystick I can switch from MODE1 to MODE2 and OFF state.
When in Mode1 I use button 2 to switch from front light, back light, left lights, right lights and all lights but can only go one way in the sequence. this only trigger the normal light for when it is dark.
Mode2 is for showcasing led patterns and putting on a show for the kids and I can switch between 21 templates using button2 to go forward and button 3 to go backward through the templates.
a short video of the test done so far
DEMO
The problem: In mode1 I would like to integrate the same behavior like in mode2 where I can leverage button2 and 3 to toggle back and forth between the available light patterns.
I am having a hard time understanding how to accomplish because of the way I developed the sketch.
Can anyone help shed lights if I can still be able to do this without having to rethink the entire sketch? the hurdle I am having is that button 3 is already setup to cycle through 21 sketches and not like in mode 1 where there is only 5 sketches.
any help is appreciated
Thank You
/*
this sketch uses as well ALA library eliminating Delay()
https://github.com/bportaluri/ALA/archive/master.zip
Tutorial page for EZButton: https://arduinogetstarted.com/tutorials/arduino-button-library
This example:
+ uses debounce for multiple buttons.
+ reads state of multiple buttons
+ detects the pressed and released events of multiple buttons
*/
//define libraries
#include <AlaLedRgb.h>
#include <ezButton.h>
#include <FastLED.h>
//define pins for LED strip and number of LEDS on strip
#define LED_PIN 3
#define NUM_LEDS 30
//create object representing led strip to work with ALA library
AlaLedRgb rgbStrip;
//initial value of animation out of 21
int animation = 0;
//array containing all templates from the ALA library
int animList[21] = {
ALA_ON,
ALA_SPARKLE,
ALA_SPARKLE2,
ALA_PIXELSHIFTRIGHT,
ALA_PIXELSMOOTHSHIFTRIGHT,
ALA_PIXELSMOOTHSHIFTLEFT,
ALA_MOVINGBARS,
ALA_COMET,
ALA_COMETCOL,
ALA_GLOW,
ALA_CYCLECOLORS,
ALA_FADECOLORS,
ALA_FIRE,
ALA_BOUNCINGBALLS,
ALA_BUBBLES,
ALA_STROBO,
ALA_GLOW,
ALA_FADECOLORSLOOP,
ALA_FADEIN,
ALA_FADEOUT,
ALA_BLINKALT
};
//Predefined group of LEDS for MODE1 this represent the lights for the robot Front lights, back lights, left lights, right lights
int allLEDS[] = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30};
int frontLEDS[] = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8};
int leftLEDS[] = {9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16};
int rightLEDS[] = {17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24};
int backLEDS[] = {25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30};
//array of lEDS to work with the FASTLed library
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];
//buttons on the joystick, button one is the joystick push button
ezButton button1(A5); // create ezButton object that attach to pin 7;
ezButton button2(A4); // create ezButton object that attach to pin 8;
ezButton button3(A3); // create ezButton object that attach to pin 8;
//function to lit all lights
void lightsOnAll() {
for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++)
{
leds[allLEDS[i] ] = CRGB::White;
}
FastLED.show();
}
//function to turn all lights off
void lightsOffAll() {
for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++)
{
leds[allLEDS[i] ] = CRGB::Black;
}
FastLED.show();
}
//function to lit front lights
void lightsforwardOnly() {
for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
{
leds[frontLEDS[i] ] = CRGB::White;
}
FastLED.show();
}
//function to lit back lights
void lightsbackOnly() {
for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
{
leds[backLEDS[i] ] = CRGB::White;
}
FastLED.show();
}
//function to lit right lights
void lightsrightOnly() {
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
{
leds[rightLEDS[i] ] = CRGB::White;
}
FastLED.show();
}
//function to lit left lights
void lightsleftOnly() {
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
{
leds[leftLEDS[i] ] = CRGB::White;
}
FastLED.show();
}
//fucntion representing mode 2 to start the showcase of lights
void mode2A() {
rgbStrip.runAnimation();
}
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
rgbStrip.initWS2812(30, 3);
FastLED.addLeds<WS2812B, LED_PIN, GRB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
FastLED.setMaxPowerInVoltsAndMilliamps(3, 500);
FastLED.setBrightness(255);
button1.setDebounceTime(50); // set debounce time to 50 milliseconds
button2.setDebounceTime(50); // set debounce time to 50 milliseconds
button3.setDebounceTime(50); // set debounce time to 50 milliseconds
//clear everything on LED strip and start clean
FastLED.clear(); // clear all pixel data
FastLED.show();
}
void loop() {
button1.loop(); // MUST call the loop() function first
button2.loop(); // MUST call the loop() function first
button3.loop(); // MUST call the loop() function first
unsigned long button1count = button1.getCount();
unsigned long button2count = button2.getCount();
unsigned long button3count = button3.getCount();
// Serial.println(button1count);
// Serial.println(button3count);
//button counters for the 3 buttons
if (button1count >= 3)
button1.resetCount();
if (button2count >= 5)
button2.resetCount();
if (button3count >= 21)
button3.resetCount();
//if button 1 pressed counter will increment then clear LED strip and start the animation , take note the animation start on second click of the joystick
if (button1.isPressed()) {
FastLED.clear(); // clear all pixel data
FastLED.show();
// Serial.println("The button is pressed");
updateAnimation();
}
//if button 2 pressed counter will increment for either mode1 or mode 2 state then clear LED strip and start the animation .
if (button2.isPressed()) {
FastLED.clear(); // clear all pixel data
FastLED.show();
if (animation >= 21) {
animation = 0;
}
animation++;
updateAnimation();
}
//if button 3 pressed counter will decrement for mode 2 only it can cycle 21 led templates.
if (button3.isPressed()) {
FastLED.clear(); // clear all pixel data
FastLED.show();
if (animation <= 0) {
animation = 21;
}
animation--;
updateAnimation();
}
//the above statements are to control Mode1 and Mode2, mode 1 is to control white leds front, back, left, right, all. Mode 2 is to enable showcase of different leds templates
if (button1count == 1 && button2count == 0) {
lightsforwardOnly();
Serial.println("Mode1A forward lights On");
}
else if (button1count == 1 && button2count == 1) {
lightsbackOnly();
Serial.println("Mode1B back lights On");
}
else if (button1count == 1 && button2count == 2) {
lightsleftOnly();
Serial.println("Mode1C left lights On");
}
else if (button1count == 1 && button2count == 3) {
lightsrightOnly();
Serial.println("Mode1D right lights On");
}
else if (button1count == 1 && button2count == 4) {
lightsOnAll();
Serial.println("Mode1E all lights On");
}
if (button1count == 2) {
// lightsOnAll();
Serial.println("Mode2A On");
mode2A();
}
}
//fucntion to run the 21 animations/templates.
void updateAnimation()
{
rgbStrip.setAnimation(animList[animation % 21], 3000, alaPalRgb);
}
