BlinkyTile Simple Cycle Example

BlinkyTile-Simple-Cycle

// The simplest possible way to talk to a BlinkyTape
import processing.serial.*;

Serial s;

void setup() {
  // Connect to the first serial port we can find
  // We assume there is a BlinkyTape there
  s = new Serial(this, "COM6", 115200);
}

int index = 0;

void draw() {
  for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
    // Make up a pretty color based on the current phase      
    color c = color(0, 0, 0);

    if (i == index)
      c = color(254, 0, 0);

    // Send the color for the current LED to the strip,
    // being careful not to send 255 (because that would
    // cause the strip to display the pixels
    s.write((byte)min(254, red(c)));
    s.write((byte)min(254, green(c)));
    s.write((byte)min(254, blue(c)));
  }

  // Send a 0xFF byte to the strip, to tell it to display the pixels
  s.write((byte)255);

  delay(8);

  index++;
  if (index >= 12)
    index = 0;
}

This is a simple Processing sketch to control a BlinkyTile via Processing. Based on (and slightly modified from) "The Simplest BlinkyTape Program" at http://blinkinlabs.com/blinkytape/processing