Peter Brown
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Bright Lights, Christmas Nights

Why limit yourself to an angel on top of the tree when you can have an over sized Christmas ornament with 192 RGB LEDs blinking!

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Bright Lights, Christmas Nights

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino Nano R3
Arduino Nano R3
×1
Adafruit PowerBoost 500c
×1
Adafruit Lithium Ion Polymer Battery - 3.7v 2500mAh
×1
HKBAYI 4M 5V 60Leds/M 240pixels programmable WS2812B RGB 5050 LED
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE
Blender

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Makerbot Replicator

Story

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Custom parts and enclosures

Zip file of STL parts for 3d print

Schematics

Fritzing Schematic

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Code

Arduino Code

Arduino
Arduino code to run the LED show. This uses the very easy to use FastLED library http://fastled.io/.
#include <FastLED.h>
#define DATA_PIN 6
#define NUM_LEDS 192
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];

int vane;
int ring;
int ringdir;
int count;
int mode;
int splatx;
int splaty;
int splatd;
int colorstep;
unsigned long color;
int icelevel[12];
unsigned long fade[16]={0xffffff,0xbfbfbf,0x7f7f7f,0x5f5f5f,0x3f3f3f,0x2f2f2f,0x1f1f1f,0x171717,0x0f0f0f,0x0b0b0b,0x070707,0x050505,0x030303,0x020202,0x010101,0};
void setxy(int x, int y, CRGB c)
{
  if (x<0) x+=12;
  if (x>11) x-=12;
  if (y<0)
  {
    y=-y;
    x+=6;
    if (x>11) x-=12;
  }
  if (y>15)
  {
    y=31-y;
    x+=6;
    if (x>11) x-=12;
  }  
  leds[y+x*16]=c;
}

void nextcolor()
{
  if (colorstep==1)
  {
    color=0x00ff00;
    colorstep++;
  }
  else if (colorstep==2)
  {
    color=0xff0000;
    colorstep++;
  }
  else if (colorstep==3)
  {
    color=0x0000ff;
    colorstep=1;
  }
}

void newsplat()
{
  splatx = random(3,9);
  splaty = random(0,16);
  splatd=0;
}

void iceinit()
{
  int i;
  for (i=0;i<12;i++)
    icelevel[i]=random(0,20)-20;
}

void setup()
{
  FastLED.addLeds<NEOPIXEL, DATA_PIN>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  FastLED.clear();
  vane=0;
  ring=0;
  color=0x0000ff;
  mode=1;
  count=0;
  colorstep=1;
  ringdir=1;
  newsplat();
  iceinit();
}

void vanes()
{
  int v,i;
  if (vane>0)
  {
    v = (vane-1)<<4;
    for (i=0;i<16;i++)
      leds[v+i]=color&0x1f1f1f;
  }
  v = vane<<4;
  for (i=0;i<16;i++)
    leds[v+i]=color;
  vane++;
  if (vane==12)
  {
    vane=0;
    nextcolor();
  }
}

void rings()
{
  int i;
  for (i=0;i<12;i++)
    leds[i*16+ring]=color;
  ring+=ringdir;
  if (ring==15)
  {
    ringdir=-1;
  }
  if (ring==0)
  {
    ringdir=1;
    nextcolor();
  }
}

void splat()
{
  if (splatd==0)
  {
    setxy(splatx,splaty,color);
    splatd++;
  }
  else if (splatd==1)
  {
    setxy(splatx,splaty,color&0x7f7f7f);
    setxy(splatx+splatd,splaty,color);
    setxy(splatx-splatd,splaty,color);
    setxy(splatx,splaty+splatd,color);
    setxy(splatx,splaty-splatd,color);
    splatd++;
  }
  else if (splatd==2)
  {
    setxy(splatx,splaty,color&0x3f3f3f);
    setxy(splatx+1,splaty,color&0x7f7f7f);
    setxy(splatx-1,splaty,color&0x7f7f7f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty+1,color&0x7f7f7f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty-1,color&0x7f7f7f);
    setxy(splatx+splatd,splaty,color);
    setxy(splatx-splatd,splaty,color);
    setxy(splatx,splaty+splatd,color);
    setxy(splatx,splaty-splatd,color);
    splatd++;
  }
  else if (splatd==3)
  {
    setxy(splatx,splaty,color&0x1f1f1f);
    setxy(splatx+1,splaty,color&0x3f3f3f);
    setxy(splatx-1,splaty,color&0x3f3f3f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty+1,color&0x3f3f3f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty-1,color&0x3f3f3f);
    setxy(splatx+splatd,splaty,color&0x7f7f7f);
    setxy(splatx-splatd,splaty,color&0x7f7f7f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty+splatd,color&0x7f7f7f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty-splatd,color&0x7f7f7f);
    splatd++;
  }
  else if (splatd==4)
  {
    setxy(splatx,splaty,color&0x0f0f0f);
    setxy(splatx+1,splaty,color&0x1f1f1f);
    setxy(splatx-1,splaty,color&0x1f1f1f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty+1,color&0x1f1f1f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty-1,color&0x1f1f1f);
    setxy(splatx+splatd,splaty,color&0x3f3f3f);
    setxy(splatx-splatd,splaty,color&0x3f3f3f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty+splatd,color&0x3f3f3f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty-splatd,color&0x3f3f3f);
    splatd++;
  }
  else if (splatd==5)
  {
    setxy(splatx+1,splaty,color&0x0f0f0f);
    setxy(splatx-1,splaty,color&0x0f0f0f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty+1,color&0x0f0f0f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty-1,color&0x0f0f0f);
    setxy(splatx+splatd,splaty,color&0x1f1f1f);
    setxy(splatx-splatd,splaty,color&0x1f1f1f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty+splatd,color&0x1f1f1f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty-splatd,color&0x1f1f1f);
    splatd++;
  }
  else if (splatd==6)
  {
    setxy(splatx+splatd,splaty,color&0x0f0f0f);
    setxy(splatx-splatd,splaty,color&0x0f0f0f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty+splatd,color&0x0f0f0f);
    setxy(splatx,splaty-splatd,color&0x0f0f0f);
    splatd++;
  }
}

void ice()
{
  int i,j,k;
  FastLED.clear();
  for (i=0;i<12;i++)
  {
    if (icelevel[i]>-1)
    {
      k=0;
      for (j=icelevel[i];j>=0;j--)
      {
        if (j<16 && k<16)
          setxy(i,15-j,fade[k]);
        k++;
      }
    }
    icelevel[i]++;
    if (icelevel[i]==32)
      icelevel[i]=random(0,20)-20;
  }
  FastLED.show();
}

void loop()
{
  if (mode==1)
  {
    FastLED.clear();
    vanes();
    FastLED.show();
    count++;
    if (count==72)
    {
      count=0;
      mode++;
    }
    delay(100);
  }
  else if (mode==2)
  {
    FastLED.clear();
    rings();
    FastLED.show();
    count++;
    if (count==186)
    {
      count=0;
      mode=3;
    }
    delay(30);
  }
  else if (mode==3)
  {
    FastLED.clear();
    splat();
    FastLED.show();
    if (splatd==7)
    {
      newsplat();
      nextcolor();
      count++;
    }
    if (count==30)
    {
      count=0;
      mode=4;
      iceinit();
    }
    delay(50);
  }
  else if (mode==4)
  {
    ice();
    count++;
    if (count==500)
    {
      count=0;
      mode=1;
    }
    delay(100);
  }
}

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Peter Brown

Peter Brown

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