Share My Creation WS2812B 40LED Array bouncing lines

Hi guys...

Here's another example of RGB "smart LED" manipulation...

And the code that goes with it...

B4X:
#Region Project Attributes
    #AutoFlushLogs: True
    #CheckArrayBounds: True
    #StackBufferSize: 300
#End Region

Sub Process_Globals
    'These global variables will be declared once when the application starts.
    'Public variables can be accessed from all modules.
    Public Serial1 As Serial
    Private My2dArray(8 * 5) As Byte '2D Array workaround (8x5)
    Private XDirection1() As String = Array As String("Left","Right")
    Private XDirection2() As String = Array As String("Left","Right")
    Private XDirection3() As String = Array As String("Left","Right")

    Private YDirection1() As String = Array As String("Up","Down")
    Private YDirection2() As String = Array As String("Up","Down")
    Private YDirection3() As String = Array As String("Up","Down")

    Private XPosition1, Yposition1, XOld1,YOld1 As Int
    Private XPosition2, Yposition2, XOld2,YOld2 As Int
    Private XPosition3, Yposition3, XOld3,YOld3 As Int

    Private XDirValue1, YDirValue1 As Int
    Private XDirValue2, YDirValue2 As Int
    Private XDirValue3, YDirValue3 As Int

    Private Timer1,Timer2, Timer3 As Timer
End Sub

Private Sub AppStart
    Serial1.Initialize(115200)
    Log("AppStart")

    Timer1.Initialize("Timer1_Tick",100) 'Initialize the Timer
    Timer2.Initialize("Timer2_Tick",150) 'Initialize the Timer
    Timer3.Initialize("Timer3_Tick",200) 'Initialize the Timer
    WS2812B.Initialize(40) 'Initialize our LED ARRAY

    'prepare the 2D-Array
    Private n As Int = 0
    For x = 0 To 4
        For  y = 0 To 7
            Set(x,y,n)
            n = n + 1
        Next
    Next
    Line1
    Delay(200)
    Line2
    Delay(200)
    Line3
End Sub

Private Sub Line1
    'Set Initial Position
    Dim x As Int = Rnd(0,8)
    If x > 0 And x < 7 Then
        XPosition1 = x
        Dim y As Int = Rnd(0,2)
        If y >0 Then
            Yposition1 = 4
        Else
            Yposition1 = 0
        End If
    Else
        XPosition1 = x
        Dim y As Int = Rnd(0,5)
        Yposition1 = y
    End If

        Log("Position ",XPosition1, " : ", Yposition1)
        Log("LED : ", Get(Yposition1,XPosition1))

    'Light Led in first position
    WS2812B.SetLed(Get(Yposition1,XPosition1),0,0,12)

    'Refresh Old values so that in tick the previous position gets turned off
    XOld1 = XPosition1
    YOld1 = Yposition1

    'Define starting Direction
    XDirValue1 = Rnd(0,2)
    YDirValue1 = Rnd(0,2)
    Log("going ",XDirection1(XDirValue1))
    Log("and ",YDirection1(YDirValue1))

    'Start Timer
    Timer1.Enabled=True

End Sub

Private Sub Timer1_Tick
    'Turn Off the previous LED Position
    XOld1 = XPosition1
    YOld1 = Yposition1
    WS2812B.SetLed(Get(YOld1,XOld1),0,0,0)

    'Check Direction
    Log("going ",XDirection1(XDirValue1))
    Log("and ",YDirection1(YDirValue1))

    Select XDirValue1
        Case 0 'Left
            If XPosition1 > 0 Then
                XPosition1 = XPosition1 - 1
            Else
                XDirValue1 = 1
            End If
        Case 1 'Right
            If XPosition1 < 7 Then
                XPosition1 = XPosition1 + 1
            Else
                XDirValue1 = 0
            End If
    End Select

    Select YDirValue1
        Case 0 'Up
            If Yposition1 > 0 Then
                Yposition1 = Yposition1 - 1
            Else
                YDirValue1 = 1
            End If
        Case 1 'Down
            If Yposition1 < 4 Then
                Yposition1 = Yposition1 + 1
            Else
                YDirValue1 = 0
            End If
    End Select
    Log(XPosition1," : ",Yposition1)
    'Light Led in first position
    WS2812B.SetLed(Get(Yposition1,XPosition1),0,0,30)

End Sub

Private Sub Line2
    'Set Initial Position
    Dim x As Int = Rnd(0,8)
    If x > 0 And x < 7 Then
        XPosition2 = x
        Dim y As Int = Rnd(0,2)
        If y >0 Then
            Yposition2 = 4
        Else
            Yposition2 = 0
        End If
    Else
        XPosition2 = x
        Dim y As Int = Rnd(0,5)
        Yposition2 = y
    End If

        Log("Position ",XPosition2, " : ", Yposition2)
        Log("LED : ", Get(Yposition2,XPosition2))

    'Light Led in first position
    WS2812B.SetLed(Get(Yposition2,XPosition2),0,0,12)

    'Refresh Old values so that in tick the previous position gets turned off
    XOld2 = XPosition2
    YOld2 = Yposition2

    'Define starting Direction
    XDirValue2 = Rnd(0,2)
    YDirValue2 = Rnd(0,2)
    Log("going ",XDirection2(XDirValue2))
    Log("and ",YDirection2(YDirValue2))

    'Start Timer
    Timer2.Enabled=True

End Sub

Private Sub Timer2_Tick
    'Turn Off the previous LED Position
    XOld2 = XPosition2
    YOld2 = Yposition2
    WS2812B.SetLed(Get(YOld2,XOld2),0,0,0)

    'Check Direction
    Log("going ",XDirection2(XDirValue2))
    Log("and ",YDirection2(YDirValue2))

    Select XDirValue2
        Case 0 'Left
            If XPosition2 > 0 Then
                XPosition2 = XPosition2 - 1
            Else
                XDirValue2 = 1
            End If
        Case 1 'Right
            If XPosition2 < 7 Then
                XPosition2 = XPosition2 + 1
            Else
                XDirValue2 = 0
            End If
    End Select

    Select YDirValue2
        Case 0 'Up
            If Yposition2 > 0 Then
                Yposition2 = Yposition2 - 1
            Else
                YDirValue2 = 1
            End If
        Case 1 'Down
            If Yposition2 < 4 Then
                Yposition2 = Yposition2 + 1
            Else
                YDirValue2 = 0
            End If
    End Select
    Log(XPosition2," : ",Yposition2)
    'Light Led in first position
    WS2812B.SetLed(Get(Yposition2,XPosition2),0,30,0)

End Sub

Private Sub Line3
    'Set Initial Position
    Dim x As Int = Rnd(0,8)
    If x > 0 And x < 7 Then
        XPosition3 = x
        Dim y As Int = Rnd(0,2)
        If y >0 Then
            Yposition3 = 4
        Else
            Yposition3 = 0
        End If
    Else
        XPosition3 = x
        Dim y As Int = Rnd(0,5)
        Yposition3 = y
    End If

        Log("Position ",XPosition3, " : ", Yposition3)
        Log("LED : ", Get(Yposition3,XPosition3))

    'Light Led in first position
    WS2812B.SetLed(Get(Yposition3,XPosition3),0,0,12)

    'Refresh Old values so that in tick the previous position gets turned off
    XOld1 = XPosition3
    YOld1 = Yposition3

    'Define starting Direction
    XDirValue3 = Rnd(0,2)
    YDirValue3 = Rnd(0,2)
    Log("going ",XDirection3(XDirValue3))
    Log("and ",YDirection3(YDirValue3))

    'Start Timer
    Timer3.Enabled=True

End Sub

Private Sub Timer3_Tick
    'Turn Off the previous LED Position
    XOld1 = XPosition3
    YOld1 = Yposition3
    WS2812B.SetLed(Get(YOld1,XOld1),0,0,0)

    'Check Direction
    Log("going ",XDirection3(XDirValue3))
    Log("and ",YDirection3(YDirValue3))

    Select XDirValue3
        Case 0 'Left
            If XPosition3 > 0 Then
                XPosition3 = XPosition3 - 1
            Else
                XDirValue3 = 1
            End If
        Case 1 'Right
            If XPosition3 < 7 Then
                XPosition3 = XPosition3 + 1
            Else
                XDirValue3 = 0
            End If
    End Select

    Select YDirValue3
        Case 0 'Up
            If Yposition3 > 0 Then
                Yposition3 = Yposition3 - 1
            Else
                YDirValue3 = 1
            End If
        Case 1 'Down
            If Yposition3 < 4 Then
                Yposition3 = Yposition3 + 1
            Else
                YDirValue3 = 0
            End If
    End Select
    Log(XPosition3," : ",Yposition3)
    'Light Led in first position
    WS2812B.SetLed(Get(Yposition3,XPosition3),30,0,0)

End Sub



Private Sub Get(x As Byte, y As Byte) As Byte
   Return My2dArray(x * 8 + y)
End Sub

Private Sub Set(x As Byte, y As Byte, value As Byte)
   My2dArray(x * 8 + y) = value
End Sub

This code uses a pseudo 2D array (snippet provided by EREL) and, of course, my WS2812B Code Module
(search the forum for it!)

My coding skills are far from perfect (maybe they are in a galaxy far... far... far... hmmm... far away!!) so I've used too many variables and maybe even some redundancy in it, but hey, it looks cool!!
 
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wonder

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How do you choose between the different colors?
 

Cableguy

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I kept 3 timers, each with a "previous position" Var, each single colored.
However, this code is now deprecated as EREL was so kind to wrap the adafruit neopixel lib for us
 
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