3 import _rpi_ws281x as ws
8 LED_FREQ_HZ = 800000 # Frequency of the LED signal. We only support 800KHz
9 LED_DMA_NUM = 10 # DMA channel to use, can be 0-14.
10 LED_BRIGHTNESS = 255 # We manage the brightness in the neopixel library
11 LED_INVERT = 0 # We don't support inverted logic
12 LED_STRIP = None # We manage the color order within the neopixel library
14 # a 'static' object that we will use to manage our PWM DMA channel
15 # we only support one LED strip per raspi
18 def neopixel_write(gpio, buf):
19 global _led_strip # we'll have one strip we init if its not at first
21 if _led_strip is None:
22 # Create a ws2811_t structure from the LED configuration.
23 # Note that this structure will be created on the heap so you
24 # need to be careful that you delete its memory by calling
25 # delete_ws2811_t when it's not needed.
26 _led_strip = ws.new_ws2811_t()
28 # Initialize all channels to off
29 for channum in range(2):
30 channel = ws.ws2811_channel_get(_led_strip, channum)
31 ws.ws2811_channel_t_count_set(channel, 0)
32 ws.ws2811_channel_t_gpionum_set(channel, 0)
33 ws.ws2811_channel_t_invert_set(channel, 0)
34 ws.ws2811_channel_t_brightness_set(channel, 0)
36 channel = ws.ws2811_channel_get(_led_strip, LED_CHANNEL)
38 # Initialize the channel in use
41 # most common, divisible by 3 is likely RGB
42 LED_STRIP = ws.WS2811_STRIP_RGB
44 elif len(buf) % 4 == 0:
45 LED_STRIP = ws.SK6812_STRIP_RGBW
48 raise RuntimeError("We only support 3 or 4 bytes-per-pixel")
50 ws.ws2811_channel_t_count_set(channel, count) # we manage 4 vs 3 bytes in the library
51 ws.ws2811_channel_t_gpionum_set(channel, gpio._pin.id)
52 ws.ws2811_channel_t_invert_set(channel, LED_INVERT)
53 ws.ws2811_channel_t_brightness_set(channel, LED_BRIGHTNESS)
54 ws.ws2811_channel_t_strip_type_set(channel, LED_STRIP)
56 # Initialize the controller
57 ws.ws2811_t_freq_set(_led_strip, LED_FREQ_HZ)
58 ws.ws2811_t_dmanum_set(_led_strip, LED_DMA_NUM)
60 resp = ws.ws2811_init(_led_strip)
61 if resp != ws.WS2811_SUCCESS:
62 message = ws.ws2811_get_return_t_str(resp)
63 raise RuntimeError('ws2811_init failed with code {0} ({1})'.format(resp, message))
64 atexit.register(neopixel_cleanup)
66 channel = ws.ws2811_channel_get(_led_strip, LED_CHANNEL)
67 if gpio._pin.id != ws.ws2811_channel_t_gpionum_get(channel):
68 raise RuntimeError("Raspberry Pi neopixel support is for one strip only!")
71 for i in range(len(buf) // 3):
75 pixel = (r << 16) | (g << 8) | b
76 ws.ws2811_led_set(channel, i, pixel)
78 resp = ws.ws2811_render(_led_strip)
79 if resp != ws.WS2811_SUCCESS:
80 message = ws.ws2811_get_return_t_str(resp)
81 raise RuntimeError('ws2811_render failed with code {0} ({1})'.format(resp, message))
82 time.sleep(0.001 * ((len(buf)//100)+1)) # about 1ms per 100 bytes
85 def neopixel_cleanup():
88 if _led_strip is not None:
89 # Ensure ws2811_fini is called before the program quits.
90 ws.ws2811_fini(_led_strip)
91 # Example of calling delete function to clean up structure memory. Isn't
92 # strictly necessary at the end of the program execution here, but is good practice.
93 ws.delete_ws2811_t(_led_strip)