Hello Guys, in this instructable I will give you a code for transtioning an LED. My group, Newton Labs, has spent quite a bit of time on this. Transitioning isn't as easy as it seems for a nice smooth transition.
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Step 1: The circuit
In this circuit, you will need to use 3 Pulse Width Modulation pins, PWM for short. Pins that are not specified as PWM pins are digital pins, which can only turn on and off. PWM pins can go from lets say 3.3 volts to five volts to 1.1 volts.
In my program Red = pin 3, Blue = pin 5, and Green = pin 6.
In my program Red = pin 3, Blue = pin 5, and Green = pin 6.
Step 2: The code
int prevR = 0, prevG = 0, prevB = 0; // all of the previous RGB values
int const Red = 3; //pin 3
int const Blue = 5; // pin 4
int const Green = 6; // pin 5
void setup(){} // sets up the program
void loop() { //main loop of the program
RGB(255, 255, 255); // this calls the RGB function
delay(1000); //stays on white for one second
RGB(0, 0, 255);
delay(1000);
RGB(0,120,255);
delay(1000);
RGB(0, 255, 0);
delay(1000);
RGB(255, 0, 255);
delay(10);
RGB(0,0,0);
delay(1000);
}
void RGB(int R, int G, int B) {
for (int i = 0; i <= 255; i++)
{
if (i >= prevR - R && prevR < R) {
analogWrite(Red, prevR + i);
}
if (i >= prevG - G && prevG < G) {
analogWrite(Green, prevG + i);
}
if (i >= prevB - B && prevB < B) {
analogWrite(Blue, prevB + i);
}
//delay(10);
//}
//for (int i = 0; i <= 255; i++)
//{
if (i >= R - prevR && prevR > R) {
analogWrite(Red, prevR - i);
}
if (i >= G - prevG && prevG > G) {
analogWrite(Green, prevG - i);
}
if (i >= B - prevB && prevB > B) {
analogWrite(Blue, prevB - i);
}
delay(10);
}
delay(10);
analogWrite(Red, R);
analogWrite(Green, G);
analogWrite(Blue, B);
prevR = R;
prevG = G;
prevB = B;
}
int const Red = 3; //pin 3
int const Blue = 5; // pin 4
int const Green = 6; // pin 5
void setup(){} // sets up the program
void loop() { //main loop of the program
RGB(255, 255, 255); // this calls the RGB function
delay(1000); //stays on white for one second
RGB(0, 0, 255);
delay(1000);
RGB(0,120,255);
delay(1000);
RGB(0, 255, 0);
delay(1000);
RGB(255, 0, 255);
delay(10);
RGB(0,0,0);
delay(1000);
}
void RGB(int R, int G, int B) {
for (int i = 0; i <= 255; i++)
{
if (i >= prevR - R && prevR < R) {
analogWrite(Red, prevR + i);
}
if (i >= prevG - G && prevG < G) {
analogWrite(Green, prevG + i);
}
if (i >= prevB - B && prevB < B) {
analogWrite(Blue, prevB + i);
}
//delay(10);
//}
//for (int i = 0; i <= 255; i++)
//{
if (i >= R - prevR && prevR > R) {
analogWrite(Red, prevR - i);
}
if (i >= G - prevG && prevG > G) {
analogWrite(Green, prevG - i);
}
if (i >= B - prevB && prevB > B) {
analogWrite(Blue, prevB - i);
}
delay(10);
}
delay(10);
analogWrite(Red, R);
analogWrite(Green, G);
analogWrite(Blue, B);
prevR = R;
prevG = G;
prevB = B;
}
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Also I uploaded code to continuously change from one random color to another here (just change the color pins to your pin numbers):
int red = 11; //this sets the red led pin
int green = 10; //this sets the green led pin
int blue = 9; //this sets the blue led pin
int redNow;
int blueNow;
int greenNow;
int redNew;
int blueNew;
int greenNew;
void setup()
{ //this sets the output pins
pinMode(red, OUTPUT);
pinMode(green, OUTPUT);
pinMode(blue, OUTPUT);
redNow = random(255);
blueNow = random(255);
greenNow = random(255);
redNew = redNow;
blueNew = blueNow;
greenNew = greenNow;
}
#define fade(x,y) if (x>y) x--; else if (x<y) x++;
void loop()
{
analogWrite(blue, blueNow);
analogWrite(red, redNow);
analogWrite(green, greenNow);
redNew = random(255);
blueNew = random(255);
greenNew = random(255);
// fade to new colors
while ((redNow != redNew) ||
(blueNow != blueNew) ||
(greenNow != greenNew))
{
fade(redNow,redNew)
fade(blueNow,blueNew)
fade(greenNow,greenNew)
analogWrite(blue, blueNow);
analogWrite(red, redNow);
analogWrite(green, greenNow);
delay(20);
}
}