https://github.com/benclifford/swirlclock
NeoPixel spiral wall decoration disco lights
https://github.com/benclifford/swirlclock
leds neopixel raspberry-pi
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NeoPixel spiral wall decoration disco lights
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/benclifford/swirlclock
- Owner: benclifford
- Created: 2020-08-15T12:38:24.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-01-19T16:05:47.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-10-15T19:44:59.041Z (9 months ago)
- Topics: leds, neopixel, raspberry-pi
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 668 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
colour spiral clock/patterns
============================
Ben Clifford
benc@hawaga.org.uk
This is driver code for a wall-mounted colour spiral
made from an
[Adafruit Soft Flexible Wire NeoPixel Strand - 50 NeoPixels](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4560)
arranged into a spiral on the wall, driven by a Raspberry Pi.
The driver runs a web server on port 80, giving a menu
of available modes on the main index page. Modes can be
switched from a browser by clicking on the appropriate
links, or by making a HTTP GET to the appropriate mode
URL using your favourite URL getter (such as curl).
Hardware assembly
=================
The data-in of the LED strip should be attached to pin 18 of
the Raspberry Pi.
The power pins should be connected to something that can
drive enough current. My experience is that the strip can
be connected to the 5v output pin of the Raspberry Pi GPIO
header, if the Pi is powered by a strong enough power
supply.
The spiral should be laid out on the wall with LED 0 (the one
closest to the Pi) at the bottom on the outside of the spiral
with LED 49 (at the far end of the strip) being right in the
centre of the spiral.
The driver code needs to know how many LEDs are in each loop of the
spiral, and that is configured in the 'bottoms' variable
defined in main.py
Installing the code
===================
On a clean Raspberry Pi OS install:
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
```
Running the code
================
Run:
```
sudo FLASK_APP=main.py flask run -h 0 -p 80
```
You should see the default pattern on the spiral. Point your
browser at your Pi's IP address, and you should get a page
to change modes.
Feedback
========
Feedback is welcome, whether this inspired you to build your
own LED stuff or whether you tried this and ran into problems.