Arduino and analog led strip (adalight, ambilight, boblight)

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Arduino and analog led strip (adalight, ambilight, boblight)

Post by reaven »

I have an analog led strip which dont compensate its value with the headache is giving me....my goal is using this with XBMC and in the end i dont know if is easier just to buy a digital strip I have found one that says it have a W2811 IC integrated in the SMD led

i have follow this diagram

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// color swirl! connect an RGB LED to the PWM pins as indicated
// in the #defines
// public domain, enjoy!
 
#define REDPIN 5
#define GREENPIN 6
#define BLUEPIN 3
 
#define FADESPEED 5     // make this higher to slow down
 
void setup() {
  pinMode(REDPIN, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(GREENPIN, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(BLUEPIN, OUTPUT);
}
 
 
void loop() {
  int r, g, b;
 
  // fade from blue to violet
  for (r = 0; r < 256; r++) { 
    analogWrite(REDPIN, r);
    delay(FADESPEED);
  } 
  // fade from violet to red
  for (b = 255; b > 0; b--) { 
    analogWrite(BLUEPIN, b);
    delay(FADESPEED);
  } 
  // fade from red to yellow
  for (g = 0; g < 256; g++) { 
    analogWrite(GREENPIN, g);
    delay(FADESPEED);
  } 
  // fade from yellow to green
  for (r = 255; r > 0; r--) { 
    analogWrite(REDPIN, r);
    delay(FADESPEED);
  } 
  // fade from green to teal
  for (b = 0; b < 256; b++) { 
    analogWrite(BLUEPIN, b);
    delay(FADESPEED);
  } 
  // fade from teal to blue
  for (g = 255; g > 0; g--) { 
    analogWrite(GREENPIN, g);
    delay(FADESPEED);
  } 
}
with the above code all i get is a weird change of color like from blue to magenta to almost white..... what i notice is the blue is always lit. maybe the wiring is mess up

another thing is the code so this work with my XBMC i found this one

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//Developed by Rajarshi Roy
import java.awt.Robot; //java library that lets us take screenshots
import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import processing.serial.*; //library for serial communication


Serial port; //creates object "port" of serial class
Robot robby; //creates object "robby" of robot class

void setup()
{
port = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[0],9600); //set baud rate
size(100, 100); //window size (doesn't matter)
try //standard Robot class error check
{
robby = new Robot();
}
catch (AWTException e)
{
println("Robot class not supported by your system!");
exit();
}
}

void draw()
{
int pixel; //ARGB variable with 32 int bytes where
//sets of 8 bytes are: Alpha, Red, Green, Blue
float r=0;
float g=0;
float b=0;

//get screenshot into object "screenshot" of class BufferedImage
BufferedImage screenshot = robby.createScreenCapture(new Rectangle(new Dimension(1368,928)));
//1368*928 is the screen resolution


int i=0;
int j=0;
//1368*928
//I skip every alternate pixel making my program 4 times faster
for(i =0;i<1368; i=i+2){
for(j=0; j<928;j=j+2){
pixel = screenshot.getRGB(i,j); //the ARGB integer has the colors of pixel (i,j)
r = r+(int)(255&(pixel>>16)); //add up reds
g = g+(int)(255&(pixel>>8)); //add up greens
b = b+(int)(255&(pixel)); //add up blues
}
}
r=r/(684*464); //average red (remember that I skipped ever alternate pixel)
g=g/(684*464); //average green
b=b/(684*464); //average blue


port.write(0xff); //write marker (0xff) for synchronization
port.write((byte)(r)); //write red value
port.write((byte)(g)); //write green value
port.write((byte)(b)); //write blue value
delay(10); //delay for safety

background(r,g,b); //make window background average color
}


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//Developed by Rajarshi Roy
int red, green, blue; //red, green and blue values
int RedPin = 9; //Red pin 9 has a PWM
int GreenPin = 10; //Green pin 10 has a PWM
int BluePin = 11; //Blue pin 11 has a PWM
void setup()
{

Serial.begin(9600);
//initial values (no significance)
int red = 255;
int blue = 255;
int green = 255;
}

void loop()
{

//protocol expects data in format of 4 bytes
//(xff) as a marker to ensure proper synchronization always
//followed by red, green, blue bytes
if (Serial.available()>=4) {
if(Serial.read() == 0xff){
red = Serial.read();
green= Serial.read();
blue = Serial.read();
}
}
//finally control led brightness through pulse-width modulation
analogWrite (RedPin, red);
analogWrite (GreenPin, green);
analogWrite (BluePin, blue);
delay(10); //just to be safe
}
But again if the first simple test didn't work this would work even less

do you recommend i get a digital strip instead ?

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