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Top Forums Programming Very Basic Arduino Uno Board Testing Post 303042233 by hicksd8 on Thursday 19th of December 2019 11:01:23 AM
Old 12-19-2019
You can do some pretty rinky dink seasonal (Christmas) stuff with an Arduino and strips of LEDs like WS2812b (Google that).

You just need to connect a pin of the strip to 5V, another to GND, and a third to an output pin. I use the FastLED library.
You can program sequences of chasing lights, colour changes, and anything else that you want to do.

I had a problem recently in trying to get outputs (eg, LED flashing) at different frequencies (intervals)) given the single thread available on an Arduino. I got around this by using the modulo function. I'll attach the demo code a wrote for this before I wrote the production stuff.

Also, I got hacked off with trying to program LED flashing (on analogue and/or digital output pins) a number of required times and also fading up or down at the same time. For example, fade a LED up, flash it 4 times, then fade it down. I thought that there had to be an easier way so I wrote "ulcf" (Universal LED Control Function) to allow me to call my requirements in one line of code (or perhaps 2 or 3 calls of the function to get the effect that I want). I'll attach this code to this post too but I'm not saying it's fully debugged but you'll get the drift.

How many electronics engineers are there on this forum who mess about with the likes of Arduino? Show of hands please.

PS. Had to upload files as .txt - site refuses to upload .ino
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fruled(1)						      General Commands Manual							 fruled(1)

NAME
fruled - flash/turn off attention LEDs (cell, cabinet and I/O chassis attention LEDs) SYNOPSIS
cell cell]... username I/Ochassis I/Ochassis]... username cabinet cabinet]... username cabinet] cabinet]... username DESCRIPTION
The command flashes/turns off attention LEDs of cells or I/O chassis in the local complex. The command can also be used to start flashing or stop flashing cabinet number LEDs. If either the option or the option is specified, the scope of the command will be the specified tar- get complex. If a cell or I/O chassis attention LED is made to flash, the cabinet number LED of the cabinet that contains the cell/ I/O chassis can also be made to flash by using the option. Likewise, if a cell or I/O chassis's LED is being turned off, the cabinet number LED can also be made to stop flashing using the option. Note: This command does not read or display the state of any LED. Users must observe the hardware itself to determine the state. Refer to the for a description of the partition management terms used in this man page. Options and Arguments recognizes the following command line options and arguments: Start or stop flashing the cabinet number LED of the cabinet that contains the cell or I/O chassis. The option is only available with the and options. Start flashing or stop flashing the cabinet number LED of the specified cabinet. Turn off all cell attention LEDs. Flash/Turn off the specified cell attention LED. A cell can be specified either in the local (cabinet#/slot#) or global (cell#) format. For example, the cell located in cabinet 0, slot 4 is locally identified as 0/4 or globally as simply 4. Turn off specified attention LED(s). This is the default. Allows access to the complex specified by the option. The accessed complex is then considered the target complex. Access is through the service processor's LAN port. The option is required if this option is used. If this option is specified, the command prompts for the password. If an error is reported when you attempt to connect using this option, check to see that IPMI LAN access has not been disabled on the remote service processor. Access to the complex through IPMI over LAN can be enabled or disabled by logging on to the service processor and using the command from the Command Menu. The and options are mutually exclusive. This option should only be used in combination with either the option. IPaddress|hostname specifies the IP address or hostname of the target partition or complex Turn off all I/O chassis LEDs. Flash/Turn off the specified I/Ochassis attention LED. An I/Ochassis must be specified in the form of cabinet#/enclosure#/chassis#. For example, the I/O chassis located in cabinet 0, enclosure 1 and I/O chassis slot 1 is identified as 0/1/1. Limit the scope of the or option to a given cabinet. Start flashing specified attention LED(s). The option is unavailable with or The and options are mutually exclusive. Specifies the required authorization to access a partition other than the local partition (but can also be used as a loopback access to the local partition). The complex to be modified is the one in which this target partition resides. The option is required if this option is used. If this option is specified, the command prompts for the password. username specifies a configured user name on the target partition. Note: This command is a Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Client Application. The option accesses the target partition using a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection. If errors are reported, check that the conditions described in the section are satisfied. Mapping of Global Cell Numbers to Local Cell Numbers The cabinets in a complex are numbered starting from 0. The cell slots in each cabinet are also numbered starting from 0. Each cabinet can have a maximum of 8 cells. For example, the cells located in cabinet 0 will have the following cell numbers in global format: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. The cell numbers in corresponding local format will be 0/0, 0/1, 0/2, 0/3, 0/4, 0/5, 0/6, 0/7. Similarly the cells located in cabinet 1 will have the following cell numbers in global format: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. The cell numbers in corresponding local format will be 1/0, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7. From the above convention the cell located in cabinet 1, slot 0 is identified in the local format as 1/0 or in the global format as 8. The command will display the above cell as "cab1,cell0". The cell located in cabinet 1, slot 4 is identified in the local format as 1/4 or in the global format as 12. The command will display the above cell as "cab1,cell4". See parstatus(1). RETURN VALUE
The command exits with one of the following values: Successful completion. Error condition occurred. No LED associated with specified object. EXAMPLES
Flash the attention LED of the cell located in cabinet 0 slot 4 and also flash the attention LED of the cabinet in which it is contained. Turn off the attention LEDs of 2 cells located in cabinet 0, slot 4 and cabinet 0, slot 6. DEPENDENCIES
This command uses the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) product and some of its configuration settings. If you encounter connection errors when using the option, check that the following two conditions are satisfied: o Use the command (see cimconfig(1M) in the WBEM product documentation) to verify (and correct if necessary) the setting of the following two variables: o o o The target partition's digital certificate has been appended to the local partition's Shared Authentication Store. For the nPartition commands, the Shared Authentication Store is stored in the file: This file is used by all the clients, which use SSL based certificates. If these clients trust a target partition, then the nPartition commands will also trust the target partition. Refer to the WBEM documents specified in the section below for further information. AUTHOR
was developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company. SEE ALSO
parstatus(1), cplxmodify(1M), frupower(1M), parconfig(1M), parcreate(1M), parmgr(1M), parmodify(1M), parremove(1M), parunlock(1M), parti- tion(5). on on on fruled(1)
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