# to higher brightness because the color information is 'lost'. It's best to
# just call set brightness once at the start to set a good max brightness instead
# of trying to make animations with it.
board.set_pixel_brightness(50)
# Animate moving the colors across the pixels 100 times / 10 seconds.
print('Animating pixels for 10 seconds...')
for offset in range(100):
# Go through each pixel and set its color based on its position and the
# current offset. Constrain these values to fall within the list of colors.
for i in range(10):
# Find the color for this pixel.
color = colors[(i+offset)%len(colors)]
# Set the pixel color.
board.set_pixel(i, color[0], color[1], color[2])
# Push the updated colors out to the pixels (this will make the pixels change
# their color, the previous set_pixel calls just change the memory and not
# the pixels).
board.show_pixels()
# Sleep for a bit between iterations.
time.sleep(0.1)
# Clear all the pixels to turn them off.
board.clear_pixels()
board.show_pixels() # Make sure to call show after clear!
time.sleep(0.1) # Small delay to make sure board connection doesn't close
# before previous command is processed.
# Close Firmata board connection when done.
board.close()
# current offset. Constrain these values to fall within the list of colors.
for i in range(12):
# Find the color for this pixel.
color = colors[(i + offset) % len(colors)]
# Set the pixel color.
board.set_pixel(i, (offset - 0) % 255, (offset - 50) % 255,
(offset - 100) % 255)
# board.show_pixels()
# Push the updated colors out to the pixels (this will make the pixels change
# their color, the previous set_pixel calls just change the memory and not
# the pixels).
board.show_pixels()
time.sleep(0.01)
if (offset % nframes == 0):
finish_frame_time = time.time()
print("Frame rate = ",
int(nframes / (finish_frame_time - start_frame_time)), " fps")
start_frame_time = time.time()
# Sleep for a bit between iterations.
# time.sleep(0.01)
# Clear all the pixels to turn them off.
board.clear_pixels()
board.show_pixels() # Make sure to call show after clear!
# time.sleep(0.01) # Small delay to make sure board connection doesn't close
# before previous command is processed.
# Close Firmata board connection when done.
board.close()
