rgb color cycle code

[boneskull]

Here's some code that cycles the on-board LED through the spectrum. I had expected to do this with analogWrite(), but it seems there's no such method in the ESP32 Arduino platform. Lot to learn here!

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/*
 * Ruthlessly stolen from https://github.com/kriswiner/ESP32/blob/master/PWM/ledcWrite_demo_ESP32.ino
 * Adapted for EZSBC ESP32 board
 */

// Set up the rgb led names
#define ledR 16
#define ledG 17
#define ledB 18

uint8_t ledArray[3] = {1, 2, 3}; // three led channels

uint8_t color = 0;          // a value from 0 to 255 representing the hue
uint32_t R, G, B;           // the Red Green and Blue color components
uint8_t brightness = 255;  // 255 is maximum brightness, but can be changed

// the setup routine runs once when you press reset:
void setup()
{
  ledcAttachPin(ledR, 1); // assign RGB led pins to channels
  ledcAttachPin(ledG, 2);
  ledcAttachPin(ledB, 3);

  // Initialize channels
  // channels 0-15, resolution 1-16 bits, freq limits depend on resolution
  // ledcSetup(uint8_t channel, uint32_t freq, uint8_t resolution_bits);
  ledcSetup(1, 12000, 8); // 12 kHz PWM, 8-bit resolution
  ledcSetup(2, 12000, 8);
  ledcSetup(3, 12000, 8);

}

// void loop runs over and over again
void loop()
{
  for (color = 0; color < 255; color++) { // Slew through the color spectrum

    hueToRGB(color, brightness);  // call function to convert hue to RGB

    // write the RGB values to the pins
    ledcWrite(1, R); // write red component to channel 1, etc.
    ledcWrite(2, G);
    ledcWrite(3, B);

    delay(100); // full cycle of rgb over 256 colors takes 26 seconds
  }
}


// Courtesy http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Use-an-RGB-LED/?ALLSTEPS
// function to convert a color to its Red, Green, and Blue components.

void hueToRGB(uint8_t hue, uint8_t brightness)
{
  uint16_t scaledHue = (hue * 6);
  uint8_t segment = scaledHue / 256; // segment 0 to 5 around the
  // color wheel
  uint16_t segmentOffset =
    scaledHue - (segment * 256); // position within the segment

  uint8_t complement = 0;
  uint16_t prev = (brightness * ( 255 -  segmentOffset)) / 256;
  uint16_t next = (brightness *  segmentOffset) / 256;

  switch (segment ) {
    case 0:      // red
      R = brightness;
      G = next;
      B = complement;
      break;
    case 1:     // yellow
      R = prev;
      G = brightness;
      B = complement;
      break;
    case 2:     // green
      R = complement;
      G = brightness;
      B = next;
      break;
    case 3:    // cyan
      R = complement;
      G = prev;
      B = brightness;
      break;
    case 4:    // blue
      R = next;
      G = complement;
      B = brightness;
      break;
    case 5:      // magenta
    default:
      R = brightness;
      G = complement;
      B = prev;
      break;
  }
}

Chris

[Daniel]

It works well. I changed the delay to 20ms and it looks even better. A piece of white paper in fron of the LED blends the colors very nicely. I see the original author placed the code in the public domain.

There are still some things that don't work in the Arduino environment. The worst annoyance is that the Bluetooth doesn't work.

Daniel