Moving Rainbow Lessons
Simple Individual Patterns
- Blink - blink the first pixel red on and off
- Fade In and Out - Make the first pixel fade in and out
- Heartbeat - Change the first red pixel to beat like a heartbeat
- Red, Green and Blue - Draw red, green and blue colors in different places
- Color Wheel - draw all the colors of the rainbow
- A Better Dimmer - making our dimmer more uniform
- Moving Pixel - move a pixel up and down the LED strip
- Color Wipe - change the color one pixel at a time
- Bounce - dots crash in the center of the strip
- Comet - make a block of color move with a dimming tail
- Moving Rainbow - move a block of colors
- Rainbow Cycle - cycle every pixel through all the colors of the rainbow
- Larson Scanner - famous Cylon eye and KITT car scanning pattern
- Random Colors - draw random colors at each pixel
- Twinkle - random pixels twinkle on for a brief second
- Ripple - simulated drops in a pond in 1-D
- Random Bounce - random points bounce around
- Candle - simulated candle flickers with randomness
- Theater Chase - classic running light patterns popular in signs
- Moving Bands - moving bands of color
Rotating Patterns
- Modes - assign a mode to each pattern
- Button Modes - use buttons to change a mode