WS2812 effects Module

This module provides effects based on the WS2812 library. Some effects are inspired by / based on the WS2812FX Library but have been adopted to the specifics of the ws2812 library. The effects library works based on a buffer created through the ws2812 library and performs the operations on this buffer.

Note that dual mode is currently not supported for effects.

!!! caution

This module is deprecated and will be removed in favor of a generic,
in-Lua implementation soon.  (Sooner with help!)  Please see
https://github.com/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware/issues/3122 .

!!! caution

This module depends on the [color utils module](color-utils.md) and [pixbuf module](pixbuf.md). Things **will** fail if those modules are missing in the firmware!

Example usage

-- init the ws2812 module
ws2812.init(ws2812.MODE_SINGLE)
-- create a buffer, 60 LEDs with 3 color bytes
strip_buffer = ws2812.newBuffer(60, 3)
-- init the effects module, set color to red and start blinking
ws2812_effects.init(strip_buffer)
ws2812_effects.set_speed(100)
ws2812_effects.set_brightness(50)
ws2812_effects.set_color(0,255,0)
ws2812_effects.set_mode("blink")
ws2812_effects.start()

ws2812_effects.init()

Initialize the effects library with the provided buffer for the connected LED strip.

Syntax

ws2812_effects.init(buffer)

Parameters

• buffer is a ws2812.buffer for the connected strip.

Returns

nil

ws2812_effects.start()

Start the animation effect.

Syntax

ws2812_effects.start()

Parameters

none

Returns

nil

ws2812_effects.stop()

Stop the animation effect.

Syntax

ws2812_effects.stop()

Parameters

none

Returns

nil

ws2812_effects.set_brightness()

Set the brightness.

Syntax

ws2812_effects.set_brightness(brightness)

Parameters

• brightness brightness between 0 and 255

Returns

nil

ws2812_effects.set_color()

Set the color.

Syntax

ws2812_effects.set_color(g, r, b, [w])

Parameters

• g is the green value between 0 and 255
• r is the red value between 0 and 255
• b is the blue value between 0 and 255
• w (optional) is the white value between 0 and 255

Returns

nil

ws2812_effects.set_speed()

Set the speed.

Syntax

ws2812_effects.set_speed(speed)

Parameters

• speed speed between 0 and 255

Returns

nil

ws2812_effects.get_speed()

Get current speed.

Syntax

ws2812_effects.get_speed()

Parameters

none

Returns

speed between 0 and 255

ws2812_effects.set_delay()

Set the delay between two effect steps in milliseconds.

Syntax

ws2812_effects.set_delay(delay)

Parameters

• delay is the delay in milliseconds, minimum 10ms

Returns

nil

ws2812_effects.get_delay()

Get current delay.

Syntax

ws2812_effects.get_delay()

Parameters

none

Returns

delay is the current effect delay in milliseconds

ws2812_effects.set_mode()

Set the active effect mode.

Syntax

ws2812_effects.set_mode(mode, [effect_param])

Parameters

• mode is the effect mode as a string, can be one of
  • static fills the buffer with the color set through ws2812_effects.set_color()
  • blink fills the buffer with the color set through ws2812_effects.set_color() and starts blinking
  • gradient fills the buffer with a gradient defined by the color values provided with the effect_param. This parameter must be a string containing the color values with same pixel size as the current buffer configuration. Minimum two colors must be provided. If more are provided, the strip is split in equal parts and the colors are used as intermediate colors. The gradient is calculated based on HSV color space, so no greyscale colors are supported as those cannot be converted to HSV.
  • gradient_rgb similar to gradient but uses simple RGB value interpolation instead of conversions to the HSV color space.
  • random_color fills the buffer completely with a random color and changes this color constantly
  • rainbow animates through the full color spectrum, with the entire strip having the same color
  • rainbow_cycle fills the buffer with a rainbow gradient. The optional second parameter states the number of repetitions (integer).
  • flicker fills the buffer with the color set through ws2812_effects.set_color() and begins random flickering of pixels with a maximum flicker amount defined by the second parameter (integer, e.g. 50 to flicker with 50/255 of the color)
  • fire is a fire flickering effect
  • fire_soft is a soft fire flickering effect
  • fire_intense is an intense fire flickering effect
  • halloween fills the strip with purple and orange pixels and circles them
  • circus_combustus fills the strip with red/white/black pixels and circles them
  • larson_scanner is the K.I.T.T. scanner effect, based on the color set through ws2812_effects.set_color()
  • color_wipe fills the strip pixel by pixel with the color set through ws2812_effects.set_color() and then starts turning pixels off again from beginning to end.
  • random_dot sets random dots to the color set through ws2812_effects.set_color() and fades them out again
  • cycle takes the buffer as-is and cycles it. With the second parameter it can be defined how many pixels the shift will be. Negative values shift to opposite direction.
• effect_param is an optional effect parameter. See the effect modes for further explanations. It can be an integer value or a string.

Returns

nil

Examples

Full initialization code for the strip, a buffer and the effect library can be found at top of this documentation. Only effect examples are shown here.

-- rainbow cycle with two repetitions
ws2812_effects.set_mode("rainbow_cycle", 2)
-- gradient from red to yellow to red
ws2812_effects.set_mode("gradient", string.char(0,200,0,200,200,0,0,200,0))
-- random dots with fading
ws2812_effects.set_mode("random_dot",3)