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  • J Jan Gatzke

    I have tried to get some kind of non linear fading by calculating the values for 256 steps using Excel and putting them in an array. The result is pretty good. Please test and share your opinion. ;)

    /**
      Based on the MySensors Project: http://www.mysensors.org
    
      This sketch controls a (analog)RGBW strip by listening to new color values from a (domoticz) controller and then fading to the new color.
    
      Version 1.1 - Added save/restore of values to/from controller, removed non linear fading code
      Version 1.0 - Changed pins and gw definition
      Version 0.9 - Oliver Hilsky
    
    **/
    #define MY_DEBUG
    
    #define SN   "RGBW 01"
    #define SV   "1.1"
    #define MY_RADIO_NRF24
    // change the pins to free up the pwm pin for led control
    #define MY_RF24_CE_PIN 4 //<-- NOTE!!! changed, the default is 9
    #define MY_RF24_CS_PIN 10 // default is 10
    // Set LOW transmit power level as default, if you have an amplified NRF-module and
    // power your radio separately with a good regulator you can turn up PA level.
    #define MY_RF24_PA_LEVEL RF24_PA_LOW
    //Uncomment to enable repeater mode
    //#define MY_REPEATER_FEATURE
    //Uncomment to assign static node ID
    //#define MY_NODE_ID 9
    
    
    // Load mysensors library
    #include <MySensors.h>
    // Load Serial Peripheral Interface library
    #include <SPI.h>
    
    // Arduino pin attached to driver pins
    #define RED_PIN 3
    #define WHITE_PIN 9
    #define GREEN_PIN 5
    #define BLUE_PIN 6
    #define NUM_CHANNELS 4 // how many channels, RGBW=4 RGB=3...
    #define CHILD_ID 1
    
    // Smooth stepping between the values
    #define STEP 1
    #define INTERVAL 10
    
    MyMessage lastvalueMsg(CHILD_ID, V_VAR1);
    MyMessage lastisonMsg(CHILD_ID, V_VAR2);
    MyMessage lastdimmMsg(CHILD_ID, V_VAR3);
    
    // Stores the current color settings
    byte channels[4] = {RED_PIN, GREEN_PIN, BLUE_PIN, WHITE_PIN};
    byte values[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0};
    byte target_values[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0};
    //Stores corrected values for each step from 0 to 255. See https://diarmuid.ie/blog/pwm-exponential-led-fading-on-arduino-or-other-platforms/
    byte converted_values[256] = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,7,7,7,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,9,9,9,9,9,10,10,10,10,11,11,11,11,12,12,12,13,13,13,13,14,14,14,15,15,15,16,16,17,17,17,18,18,19,19,20,20,20,21,21,22,22,23,23,24,24,25,26,26,27,27,28,29,29,30,31,31,32,33,34,34,35,36,37,38,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,54,55,56,57,58,60,61,62,64,65,67,68,70,71,73,75,76,78,80,81,83,85,87,89,91,93,95,97,99,101,104,106,108,111,113,116,118,121,123,126,129,132,135,138,141,144,147,150,154,157,161,164,168,171,175,179,183,187,191,195,200,204,209,213,218,223,228,233,238,243,249,255};
    
    
    // stores dimming level
    byte dimming = 100;
    byte target_dimming = 100;
    
    // tracks if the strip should be on of off
    boolean isOn = false;
    // tracks if the strip's last status was off. This overrides isOn at startup
    boolean wasOff = true;
    //tracks if the old values have bben requested from the controller. This prevents the request from being send multipßle times in the main loop.
    boolean valuesrequested = false;
    // time tracking for updates
    unsigned long lastupdate = millis();
    
    void setup()
    {
      // Set all channels to output (pin number, type)
      for (int i = 0; i < NUM_CHANNELS; i++) {
        pinMode(channels[i], OUTPUT);
      }
      // debug
      if (isOn) {
        Serial.println("RGBW is running...");
      }
    }
    
    void presentation()  {
      // Send the sketch version information to the gateway and Controller
      sendSketchInfo(SN, SV);
    
      // Register this device as Waterflow sensor
      present(CHILD_ID, S_RGBW_LIGHT, SN, true);
    }
    
    void loop()
    {
      if (!valuesrequested) {
        // get old values if this is just a restart
        Serial.println("Requesting old values...");
        //Request RGBW values
        request( CHILD_ID, V_VAR1 );
        wait(200);
        //Request Status
        request( CHILD_ID, V_VAR2 );
        wait(200);
        //Request dimm level
        request( CHILD_ID, V_VAR3 );
        valuesrequested = true;
      }
    
      // set the new light colors
      if (millis() > lastupdate + INTERVAL) {
        updateLights();
        lastupdate = millis();
      }
    }
    
    // callback function for incoming messages
    void receive(const MyMessage &message) {
    
      Serial.print("Got a message - ");
      Serial.print("Messagetype is: ");
      Serial.println(message.type);
    
      // acknoledgment
      if (message.isAck())
      {
        Serial.println("Got ack from gateway");
      }
    
      // new dim level
      else if (message.type == V_DIMMER or message.type == V_VAR3) {
        Serial.println("Dimming to ");
        Serial.println(message.getString());
        target_dimming = message.getByte();
        send(lastdimmMsg.set(target_dimming));
    
        if (!wasOff) {
          // a new dimmer value also means on, no seperate signal gets send (by domoticz)
          isOn = true;
          send(lastisonMsg.set(isOn));
        }
      }
    
      // on / off message
      else if (message.type == V_STATUS or message.type == V_VAR2) {
        Serial.print("Turning light ");
    
        isOn = message.getInt();
    
        if (isOn) {
          Serial.println("on");
          wasOff = false;
        } else {
          Serial.println("off");
        }
        send(lastisonMsg.set(isOn));
      }
    
      // new color value
      else if (message.type == V_RGBW or message.type == V_VAR1) {
        const char * rgbvalues = message.getString();
        send(lastvalueMsg.set(rgbvalues));
        inputToRGBW(rgbvalues);
        if (!wasOff) {
          // a new color also means on, no seperate signal gets send (by domoticz); needed e.g. for groups
          isOn = true;
          send(lastisonMsg.set(isOn));
        }
      }
    }
    
    // this gets called every INTERVAL milliseconds and updates the current pwm levels for all colors
    void updateLights() {
      int convertedvalue=0;
      // update pin values -debug
      //Serial.println(greenval);
      //Serial.println(redval);
      //Serial.println(blueval);
      //Serial.println(whiteval);
    
      //Serial.println(target_greenval);
      //Serial.println(target_redval);
      //Serial.println(target_blueval);
      //Serial.println(target_whiteval);
      //Serial.println("+++++++++++++++");
    
      // for each color
      for (int v = 0; v < NUM_CHANNELS; v++) {
        if (values[v] < target_values[v]) {
          values[v] += STEP;
          if (values[v] > target_values[v]) {
            values[v] = target_values[v];
          }
        }
    
        if (values[v] > target_values[v]) {
          values[v] -= STEP;
          if (values[v] < target_values[v]) {
            values[v] = target_values[v];
          }
        }
      }
    
    
      // dimming
      if (dimming < target_dimming) {
        dimming += STEP;
        if (dimming > target_dimming) {
          dimming = target_dimming;
        }
      }
      if (dimming > target_dimming) {
        dimming -= STEP;
        if (dimming < target_dimming) {
          dimming = target_dimming;
        }
      }
    
      /*
        // debug - new values
        Serial.println(greenval);
        Serial.println(redval);
        Serial.println(blueval);
        Serial.println(whiteval);
    
        Serial.println(target_greenval);
        Serial.println(target_redval);
        Serial.println(target_blueval);
        Serial.println(target_whiteval);
        Serial.println("+++++++++++++++");
      */
    
      // set actual pin values
      for (int i = 0; i < NUM_CHANNELS; i++) {
        if (isOn) {
          // normal fading
          //analogWrite(channels[i], dimming / 100.0 * values[i]);
          //Fading with corrected values see https://diarmuid.ie/blog/pwm-exponential-led-fading-on-arduino-or-other-platforms/
          analogWrite(channels[i], dimming / 100.0 * converted_values[values[i]]);
          
        } else {
          analogWrite(channels[i], 0);
        }
      }
    }
    
    // converts incoming color string to actual (int) values
    // ATTENTION this currently does nearly no checks, so the format needs to be exactly like domoticz sends the strings
    void inputToRGBW(const char * input) {
      Serial.print("Got color value of length: ");
      Serial.println(strlen(input));
    
      if (strlen(input) == 6) {
        Serial.println("new rgb value");
        target_values[0] = fromhex (& input [0]);
        target_values[1] = fromhex (& input [2]);
        target_values[2] = fromhex (& input [4]);
        target_values[3] = 0;
      } else if (strlen(input) == 9) {
        Serial.println("new rgbw value");
        target_values[0] = fromhex (& input [1]); // ignore # as first sign
        target_values[1] = fromhex (& input [3]);
        target_values[2] = fromhex (& input [5]);
        target_values[3] = fromhex (& input [7]);
      } else {
        Serial.println("Wrong length of input");
      }
    
    
      Serial.print("New color values: ");
      Serial.println(input);
    
      for (int i = 0; i < NUM_CHANNELS; i++) {
        Serial.print(target_values[i]);
        Serial.print(", ");
      }
    
      Serial.println("");
      Serial.print("Dimming: ");
      Serial.println(dimming);
    
    }
    
    // converts hex char to byte
    byte fromhex (const char * str)
    {
      char c = str [0] - '0';
      if (c > 9)
        c -= 7;
      int result = c;
      c = str [1] - '0';
      if (c > 9)
        c -= 7;
      return (result << 4) | c;
    }
    
    
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    @Jan-Gatzke the FastLED library allows for very fast math with color values. Also some very educational stuff for color manipulation in the code and documentation.

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    • AWIA AWI

      @Jan-Gatzke the FastLED library allows for very fast math with color values. Also some very educational stuff for color manipulation in the code and documentation.

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      @AWI

      Thx for the info. This comes 24 hours to late. :joy:

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        Is any chance to also project PCB for radio RFM69HW ?

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          Is any chance to also project PCB for radio RFM69HW ?

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          @pepson I wont do it because my networks is using NRFs but the kicad files are online, you could just get those and only change the radio part.

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            I dont know software kicad... and can i please you to help me for changing it to radio RFM69HW please ?

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              @pepson, please respect @LastSamurai (who has gracefully shared his hardware design files) when he says he won't change it.

              There are resources online on how to learn Kicad,

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                I dont know software kicad... and can i please you to help me for changing it to radio RFM69HW please ?

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                @pepson

                There are also converter boards available, that let you use rfm69hw in a nrf24 socket. That could be an option. Search openhardware.io for it..

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                  #37

                  Ok i find:
                  https://www.openhardware.io/view/16/NRF2RFM69

                  very thanks

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                    #38

                    What software is for file kicad_pcb ?
                    I download this but i can not open this file by this soft...
                    http://kicad-pcb.org/download/windows/

                    Or in which file is write project PCB ?

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                      What software is for file kicad_pcb ?
                      I download this but i can not open this file by this soft...
                      http://kicad-pcb.org/download/windows/

                      Or in which file is write project PCB ?

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                      @pepson The *.kicad_pcb file should be the pcb, the *.sch file the schematics.
                      You could just use the schematics to remake my project by yourself though and learn kicad on the way. Otherwise the suggested adaptor seems to be the easiest solution.

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                        @pepson The *.kicad_pcb file should be the pcb, the *.sch file the schematics.
                        You could just use the schematics to remake my project by yourself though and learn kicad on the way. Otherwise the suggested adaptor seems to be the easiest solution.

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                        @LastSamurai

                        But in soft kicad i dont have option to open this file... kicad can only open *.pro

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                          This PCB will also available to buy it as i can buy PCB to converter NRF to RFM69 ?

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                          • pepsonP pepson

                            This PCB will also available to buy it as i can buy PCB to converter NRF to RFM69 ?

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                            @pepson said:

                            This PCB will also available to buy it as i can buy PCB to converter NRF to RFM69 ?

                            I am not sure if I understand your question. I am not selling the pcbs but you can buy it from dirtypcbs and support me. I guess you should be able to use it with the converter though I never did. Be sure to check dimensions first!

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                              But on dirtypcb what type file i must upload to give cost ?

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                                A zip with the gerber files. The version 1.3 that I used is already in their store though: http://dirtypcbs.com/store/designer/details/7078/867/mysensors-rgbw-controller-v1-3

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                                  Hmm a littlebig cost same PCB. Can you show me it how it looks in Domoticz ?

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                                    Hmm a littlebig cost same PCB. Can you show me it how it looks in Domoticz ?

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                                    @pepson What do you want to know about domoticz? It looks like every other RGB switch in domotizc depending on your used theme, just google it ;)

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                                      But is any chance to implement also button as in fibaro rgbw ?

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                                        But is any chance to implement also button as in fibaro rgbw ?

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                                        @pepson I don't understand?!

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                                          Buttons to controlling leds red gren blue and white.

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