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DIY | RGB LED Shades Controlled By Arduino

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DIY | RGB LED Shades Controlled By Arduino

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino Nano R3
Arduino Nano R3
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Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)

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Schematics

Schematics of the PCB

PCB Design

Code

Arduino Code

Arduino
Code to manually control the LED's.
#include "FastLED.h"

// How many leds in your strip?
#define NUM_LEDS 68

byte pixelType = 0;
byte drawIn[4];
byte frameIn[NUM_LEDS*3];


// For led chips like Neopixels, which have a data line, ground, and power, you just
// need to define DATA_PIN.  For led chipsets that are SPI based (four wires - data, clock,
// ground, and power), like the LPD8806 define both DATA_PIN and CLOCK_PIN
#define DATA_PIN 3
//#define CLOCK_PIN 13

// The bluetooth module pins
#define RX_PIN 0
#define TX_PIN 1

// Define the array of leds
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];

void setup() {
  // Uncomment/edit one of the following lines for your leds arrangement.
  // FastLED.addLeds<TM1803, DATA_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<TM1804, DATA_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<TM1809, DATA_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<WS2811, DATA_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<WS2812, DATA_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  FastLED.addLeds<WS2812B, DATA_PIN, GRB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<NEOPIXEL, DATA_PIN>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<APA104, DATA_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<UCS1903, DATA_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<UCS1903B, DATA_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<GW6205, DATA_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<GW6205_400, DATA_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);

  // FastLED.addLeds<WS2801, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<SM16716, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<LPD8806, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<P9813, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<APA102, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<DOTSTAR, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);

  // FastLED.addLeds<WS2801, DATA_PIN, CLOCK_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<SM16716, DATA_PIN, CLOCK_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<LPD8806, DATA_PIN, CLOCK_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<P9813, DATA_PIN, CLOCK_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<APA102, DATA_PIN, CLOCK_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  // FastLED.addLeds<DOTSTAR, DATA_PIN, CLOCK_PIN, RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  Serial.begin(9600);
  
  pinMode(TX_PIN, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(RX_PIN, INPUT);
}

void loop() {

}

void serialEvent() {
  pixelType = Serial.read();

  switch (pixelType) {
    case 0:
    //draw mode
      while (!Serial.available()) {}
      Serial.readBytes(drawIn, 4);

      leds[drawIn[0]] = CRGB(drawIn[1], drawIn[2], drawIn[3]);

      FastLED.show();
      Serial.flush();
      break;

    case 1:
      //clear mode
      for (int i = 0; i < NUM_LEDS; i++)
      {
        leds[i] = CRGB::Black;
      }

      FastLED.show();
      Serial.flush();
      break;

    case 2:
    //frame in mode
      while (!Serial.available()) {}
      Serial.readBytes(frameIn, (NUM_LEDS * 3));
      for (int i = 0; i < NUM_LEDS; i++)
      {
        leds[i] = CRGB(frameIn[i * 3], frameIn[(i * 3) + 1], frameIn[(i * 3) + 2]);
      }

      FastLED.show();
      Serial.flush();
      break;

    case 3:
      while (!Serial.available()) {}
      int brightnessLED = Serial.read();
      FastLED.setBrightness(brightnessLED);
      Serial.flush();

      break;
  }
}

Software to control the shades

Java
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