Fadecandy

meshblu-fadecandy

Gateblu plugin for Fade Candy

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Wiring and set up

Go here!

Also clone the repo in the link above

Run fcserver

The plugin will message the fcserver app which handles all the USB protocol goodness.

Having cloned the repo you'll find the fcserver app for your os in this folder

Modes:

  • colorWipe : Fade all pixels to specified color. Pixel definition not required
payload example : {"mode" : "colorWipe", "stripLength" : 64 , "red" : 255 , "blue" : 0, "green" : 0}

  • start : Initialize strip to all pixels off (run this first to start up strip) can be used whenever
payload example : {"mode" : "start"}

  • set : set a pixel. Do this multiple times to set a buffer of pixels to be written
payload example : {"mode" : "set", "pixel" : 0,  "red" : 255 , "blue" : 0, "green" : 0}

  • write : write all pixels in the buffer after having run "set" mode.
payload example : {"mode" : "write"}

  • setWrite : Set pixel and immediately write it
payload example : {"mode" : "setWrite", "pixel" : 10,  "red" : 255 , "blue" : 0, "green" : 0}