//Test lighting with NeoPixels instead of Pixies to prevent eye damage. //NeoPixel wiring, put 1000uF cap across 5V and GND and 470ohm resistor //in series with the data connection to the Arduino pin // // ARDUINO NEOPIXEL // 5VDC --|--| 1000uF 5V // GND --|--| 1000uF GND // PIN 3 --==-- 470ohm Din //#include "SoftwareSerial.h" //#include "Adafruit_Pixie.h" #include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h> #define NUMPIXELS 1 // Number of Pixies in the strip //#define PIXIEPIN 6 // Pin number for SoftwareSerial output #define PIXELPIN 3 // Pin number for SoftwareSerial output //SoftwareSerial pixieSerial(-1, PIXIEPIN); //Adafruit_Pixie light = Adafruit_Pixie(NUMPIXELS, &pixieSerial); Adafruit_NeoPixel light = Adafruit_NeoPixel(1, PIXELPIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800); String color = "000,000,000"; volatile int commaR = 0; volatile int commaG = 0; String strR = "000"; String strG = "000"; String strB = "000"; volatile int r = 0; volatile int g = 0; volatile int b = 0; unsigned long now; //to be compared to stored values every loop unsigned long light_time; const char cmd_light = 'l'; const char cmd_debug = 'd'; const char cmd_connect = 'i'; volatile char cmd_char = 'z'; const int serialDelay = 5; void setup () { Serial.begin(57600); Serial.flush(); Serial.setTimeout(serialDelay); //pixieSerial.begin(115200); // Pixie REQUIRES this baud rate light.begin(); light.setPixelColor(0, 0, 0, 0); light.show(); } void loop () { if (Serial.available()) { /* read the most recent byte */ cmd_char = (char)Serial.read(); } if (cmd_char != 'z') { cmd(cmd_char); cmd_char = 'z'; } now = millis(); if (now - light_time >= 1000) { light.setPixelColor(0, r, g, b); light.show(); light_time = now; } } // //l - light - followed by String // void cmd (char val) { if (val == cmd_connect) { Serial.println(cmd_connect);//confirm connection } else if (val == cmd_light) { colorString(); Serial.println(cmd_light);//confirm light change } } //takes 1004ms w/ string method //takes 2ms(!!!!!) w/o readString() ugh //WAIT!! Serial.setTimeout(1000) by default! //500 - WORKS //250 - WORKS //100 - WORKS //25? - WORKS //5 - WORKS - STAY HERE FOR NOW void colorString () { while (Serial.available() == 0) { //Wait for color string } color = Serial.readString(); Serial.println(color); commaR = color.indexOf(','); //comma trailing R commaG = color.indexOf(',', commaR + 1); strR = color.substring(0, commaR); strG = color.substring(commaR + 1, commaG); strB = color.substring(commaG + 1); r = strR.toInt(); g = strG.toInt(); b = strB.toInt(); light.setPixelColor(0, r, g, b); light.show(); }