CPY code for scale armor

CircuitPython code for scale armor tutorial

Author: firepixie

Glowing_Scale_Armor/code.py

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+""" Simple FancyLED example for NeoPixel strip
+"""
+
+import board
+import neopixel
+import adafruit_fancyled.adafruit_fancyled as fancy
+
+num_leds = 17
+
+# Declare a Water Colors palette
+palette = [fancy.CRGB(0, 214, 214), # blues and cyans
+           fancy.CRGB(0, 92, 160),
+           fancy.CRGB(0, 123, 255),
+           fancy.CRGB(0, 68, 214)]
+
+# Declare a Fire Colors palette
+#palette = [fancy.CRGB(0, 0, 0),       # Black
+#             fancy.CHSV(1.0),           # Red
+#              fancy.CRGB(1.0, 1.0, 0.0), # Yellow
+#              0xFFFFFF]                  # White
+
+# Declare a NeoPixel object on pin D6 with num_leds pixels, no auto-write.
+# Set brightness to max because we'll be using FancyLED's brightness control.
+pixels = neopixel.NeoPixel(board.D1, num_leds, brightness=1.0,
+                           auto_write=False)
+
+offset = 0  # Positional offset into color palette to get it to 'spin'
+
+while True:
+    for i in range(num_leds):
+        # Load each pixel's color from the palette using an offset, run it
+        # through the gamma function, pack RGB value and assign to pixel.
+        color = fancy.palette_lookup(palette, offset + i / num_leds)
+        color = fancy.gamma_adjust(color, brightness=0.25)
+        pixels[i] = color.pack()
+    pixels.show()
+
+    offset += 0.02  # Bigger number = faster spin