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Setting different brightness levels in a ring by Chemdoc77
//Setting different brightness levels in a ring by Chemdoc77
//used to having a group of choosen leds brighter than the rest of the leds in a ring or strip.
#include <FastLED.h>
#define DATA_PIN 6
#define LED_TYPE NEOPIXEL
#define NUM_LEDS 24
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];
int brightness = 100;
void setup() {
delay(1000);
FastLED.addLeds<LED_TYPE, DATA_PIN>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
FastLED.setDither(false);
FastLED.setCorrection(TypicalLEDStrip);
FastLED.setBrightness(brightness);
FastLED.setMaxPowerInVoltsAndMilliamps(5, 400);
set_max_power_indicator_LED(13);
fill_solid(leds, NUM_LEDS, CRGB::Black);
FastLED.show();
}
void loop() {
cd77_fill_by_hue_all(0, NUM_LEDS, 8, NUM_LEDS, 60);
//first number is the color in hue, second number is the number of leds used,
//third number is the first number of the lower brightness leds, fourth number is the upper range of lower brightness leds+1 used,
//the last number is lower brightness of leds in lower brightness range leds (0 - 255).
//see the discussion of hue colors in FastLED:https://github.com/FastLED/FastLED/wiki/Pixel-reference (middle of webpage)
FastLED.delay(1000);
fill_solid( leds, NUM_LEDS, CRGB::Black);
FastLED.delay(500);
}
//==================== Functions ===============================
void cd77_fill_by_hue_all(uint8_t hue, uint8_t to, uint8_t from2, uint8_t to_2, uint8_t brighness1) {
for (uint8_t i = 0; i <to; i++) {
leds[i] = CHSV( hue, 255, 255);
}
for (uint8_t x = from2; x <to_2; x++) {
leds[x] = CHSV( hue, 255, brighness1);
}
FastLED.show();
}
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