Ok. been reading the forum topics, learning that this RS LED Strip is not very fun to program
im still very new to the arduino thing, so ive been trying but not a lot is working
heres the thing. i want to be able to make the LED change based off an adjustable color.
all i keep finding is the original code for the predefined patterns but cant figure out how to insert a custom variable/int into the code.
heres what ive done.
ive cut the strip into 2 6xLED strips (2 strips of 3 LEDs each)
so there are 6 LED at the head. ive cut it and soldered long wires to connect to another set of 6 LED
wiring is fine i know it works as ive tested it with the original RS code.
im using these as health bars.
normally the code strings 10 lines array to create an animation. which ive narrowed to 1 line because i dont need animation
PROGMEM const unsigned long pattern_test_white[4][10]={
{0x000000,0x000000,0x000000,0x000000,0x000000,0x000000,0x000000,0x000000,0x000000,0x000000},
};
the first 2 sets of 0x000000 are player 1 health and the 2nd set would be player 2 health
the problem is.. i dont know how to predefine this part - it always gives an error
i would like it to have an effect of
if(p1health >= 75){p1h1 = 0xffffff; p1h2 = 0xffffff;}
if(p1health <= 74 && p1health >=51){p1h1 = 0x555555; p1h2 = 0xffffff;}
if(p1health <= 50&& p1health >=25){p1h1 = 0x000000; p1h2 = 0xffffff;}
if(p1health <= 24&& p1health >=1){p1h1 = 0x000000; p1h2 = 0x555555;}
if(p1health << 1){p1h1 = 0x000000; p1h2 = 0x000000;}
/// (repeat code for player 2 here)
PROGMEM const unsigned long pattern_test_white[4][10]={
{p1h1,p1h2,p2h1,p2h2,0x000000,0x000000,0x000000,0x000000,0x000000,0x000000},
};
what am i missing that i am not able to predefine and call this when i need to?