Hi all, I wanted to build an arduino based neopixel watch, but I'm having trouble with the code. Also, I'm not gong for a traditional neopixel watch, I'm going for a minimalist look. Basically, there are two neopixels that display the time, and a single button to interact with the arduino. When the watch is powered, it keeps time, but doesn't display it. When you press the button, it flashes the hours, then the minutes, then the neopixels turn off again. I want to use ten colors to represent the numbers 0-9. I kind of understand how to keep time with an adruino, but that's as far as I've gotten. If somebody out there would be willing to create the code for me, hat would be great. (I know that I will have to reset the time every time I provide it power, and I don't mind changing a variable or two to get it in sync.) I have included some diagrams below for additional guidance. (also, I will not always be available to answer questions, as I am a full time student, but I will check up whenever I can.)
I didn't mean all of the code, I just need a little help with getting the display to work when I press the button. I know that there are people that I can pay to do this for me, but I thought I would turn to the friendly Arduino community first.
Getting that many different colours from a Neopixel is impossible. I have tried it to do it for the colours of the resistor colour code and failed. The problem is that colours like brown are not possible in isolation. Also what is the difference between black and off? There is a lack of black LEDs in the market.
Also the colour you perceive depends on the colour of the background. If you want to do that then you need to use colour panels to control the background.
That is what I had to do for my geek clock.
Note the flashing of the bands is an artefact of the filming process you don’t see it in real life. Plus the colours are better than the video shows.