rainbow.py

import time
import board

# For Trinket M0, Gemma M0, ItsyBitsy M0 Express and ItsyBitsy M4 Express
import adafruit_dotstar
led = adafruit_dotstar.DotStar(board.APA102_SCK, board.APA102_MOSI, 1)


def wheel(pos):
    # Input a value 0 to 255 to get a color value.
    # The colours are a transition r - g - b - back to r.
    if pos < 0 or pos > 255:
        return 0, 0, 0
    if pos < 85:
        return int(255 - pos * 3), int(pos * 3), 0
    if pos < 170:
        pos -= 85
        return 0, int(255 - pos * 3), int(pos * 3)
    pos -= 170
    return int(pos * 3), 0, int(255 - (pos * 3))


led.brightness = 0.5

i = 0
while True:
    i = (i + 1) % 256  # run from 0 to 255
    led[0] = (wheel(i))
    time.sleep(0.1)