Tauno Erik
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The Lion lamp

Internally illuminated artwork that reacts to people

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Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Strip 144 LED, 1m White
Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Strip 144 LED, 1m White
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RCWL-0516 Microwave Radar Motion Detector
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Arduino Nano R3
Arduino Nano R3
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Lion Lamp code

Arduino
/*
Lõvi lamp
Tauno Erik
17.02.2023
*/
#include <Arduino.h>
#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>

const uint8_t RADAR_PIN = 4;
const uint8_t RGB_PIN = 3;
const uint8_t NUMPIXELS = 49;

uint8_t r = 0;
uint8_t g = 0;
uint8_t b = 0;

bool is_movement = false;
bool change_color = false;

uint32_t time_px_prev = 0;  // Millis
uint16_t px_interval = 50;  // Millis
const uint16_t OFF_TIME = 30000;
uint32_t no_movment_time = 0;

Adafruit_NeoPixel pixels(NUMPIXELS, RGB_PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);

// Fill pixels pixels one after another with a color. pixels is NOT cleared
// first; anything there will be covered pixel by pixel. Pass in color
// (as a single 'packed' 32-bit value, which you can get by calling
// pixels.Color(red, green, blue) as shown in the loop() function above),
// and a delay time (in milliseconds) between pixels.
void colorWipe(uint32_t color, int wait) {
  for(int i=0; i<pixels.numPixels(); i++) { // For each pixel in pixels...
    pixels.setPixelColor(i, color);         //  Set pixel's color (in RAM)
    pixels.show();                          //  Update pixels to match
    delay(wait);                           //  Pause for a moment
  }
}


// Rainbow cycle along whole pixels. Pass delay time (in ms) between frames.
void rainbow(int wait) {
  // Hue of first pixel runs 5 complete loops through the color wheel.
  // Color wheel has a range of 65536 but it's OK if we roll over, so
  // just count from 0 to 5*65536. Adding 256 to firstPixelHue each time
  // means we'll make 5*65536/256 = 1280 passes through this loop:
  for(long firstPixelHue = 0; firstPixelHue < 5*65536; firstPixelHue += 256) {
    // pixels.rainbow() can take a single argument (first pixel hue) or
    // optionally a few extras: number of rainbow repetitions (default 1),
    // saturation and value (brightness) (both 0-255, similar to the
    // ColorHSV() function, default 255), and a true/false flag for whether
    // to apply gamma correction to provide 'truer' colors (default true).
    pixels.rainbow(firstPixelHue);
    // Above line is equivalent to:
    // pixels.rainbow(firstPixelHue, 1, 255, 255, true);
    pixels.show(); // Update pixels with new contents
    delay(wait);  // Pause for a moment
  }
}


void setup() {
  pinMode(RADAR_PIN, INPUT);
  
  pixels.begin();
  pixels.show();            // Turn OFF all pixels ASAP
  pixels.setBrightness(50); // Set BRIGHTNESS to about 1/5 (max = 255)

  randomSeed(analogRead(0));
  //rainbow(5);
}

void loop() {
  uint32_t time_now = millis();

  is_movement = digitalRead(RADAR_PIN);

  if (is_movement) {
    change_color = true;
    no_movment_time = time_now;
  } else {
    change_color = false;
  }

   // All LEDs off
  if (time_now - no_movment_time >= OFF_TIME) {
    colorWipe(pixels.Color(0, 0, 0), 0);
  }

  // Colour change routine
  if (time_now - time_px_prev >= px_interval) {
    time_px_prev = time_now;

    if (change_color) {
      r = random(0, 255);
      g = random(0, 255);
      b = random(0, 255);
      colorWipe(pixels.Color(r, g, b), 50); // Blue
      change_color = false;
    }
  }


}

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Tauno Erik

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