Smart RGB LED control using Touch Pad

In this project, I am going to demonstrate you how to control the RGB LED using Touch pad with the help of the idIoTware shield.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO

idIoTware Shield

Generic Jumper (0.1")

USB-A to B Cable

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Story

RGB LED Control using Touch Pad

In this project, I am going to demonstrate how to control the on board Intelligent RGB LED using Touch pad with the help of the idIoTware shield.

Working

The Touch pad on the idIoTware shield acts as the input, so every time you touch it, the color of the RGB LED will keep changing. You can use it to make a mood lamp that can change its color, and be controlled by using the touch pad.

Configuring Idiotware shield

1 / 2 • Jumper connected to CLR pin and D6 for RGB led

Once we upload the code in Arduino, you can change any color of RGB LED on the shield. You can have your own RGB lamp with 16 million colors on the tip of your finger, without hassling a lot with wires and a breadboard.

RGB LED Control using Touchpad

Wasn’t it amazing?! Now design your own lamp for a final personalized touch. With the idIoTware shield the sky is the limit.

Code

touchpad_ws2812

/*

  The IdIoTWare Shield uses Touchpad attached to pin 4.
  
  The IdIoTWare Shield uses a addressable  RGB LED to display a spectrum of colors.
  The CGShield library abstracts the details and provides 
  you the following function:
  
    color(RED, GREEN, BLUE);   // three arguments are the pixel color, expressed as red, 
                               // green and blue brightness levels, 
                               // where 0 is dimmest (off) and 255 is maximum brightness (0-255).
                               // for example to set RED color, color(255,0,0);
  
  In this example, WS2812 Led changes its color as we toch the touchpad.  

*/

// sets up and initialize CGShield
#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
#include <idIoTwareShield.h>
#include <Wire.h>         // Require for I2C communication
idIoTwareShield fs;             // Instanciate CGShield instance
int buzzerPin = A1;
const byte touchpadPin= 4;
int counter;

void setup()
    {
      Serial.begin(9600);
      pinMode(touchpadPin,INPUT); // declare touchpad as input
      pinMode(buzzerPin,OUTPUT);
      brightness(150);
    }
  
void loop()
    {  
       touchpad();
       if(touchpad())
       { 
         beep(250);
         counter++;
         Serial.println(counter);
         switch(counter) 
              { 
                case 1: color(127,0,255);
                break;
                  
                case 2: color(0,0,255);
                break;
                  
                case 3: color(0,255,0);
                break;
                  
                case 4: color(255,255,0);
                break;
                  
                case 5: color(255,128,0);
                break; 
                  
                case 6: color(255,0,0);
                break; 
                  
                case 7: color(255,255,255);
                break;
                  
                case 8: color(0,0,0);    
                break;    
              } 
       }
      if(counter==8) counter = 0; 
      
    }
//function to check input from touchpad
int touchpad()
   {
     int touched = digitalRead(touchpadPin); 
     if(touched == HIGH)   // check if the input is HIGH 
     
     return true;
     else
     return false;
   }
   
void beep(int delayValue)
     {
       digitalWrite(buzzerPin,HIGH);
       delay(delayValue);
       digitalWrite(buzzerPin,LOW);
     }

Smart RGB LED control using Touch Pad