LED Strip

Description

The LedStrip is a template class, that you can use in your own Java-project. You can take a LED Strip with the WS28xx-chip set.

The Template Class gives you the option to set the LED’s of the strip to a desired RGB-Color. If you have many strips, you can use the LEDMatrix

Make sure to check if SPI is enabled in your RaspberryPI. Check the SPI Address. Default is “SPI0 MOSI” Pin (#19).

Layout

LEDStrip Layout

Code

A simple example on how to use the LEDStrip-Class from the Hardware-Catalog:

System.out.println("LED strip app started ...");
// Initialize the RGB
int pixels = 4;
final LedStrip ledStrip = new LedStrip(pi4j, pixels, 0.5);

//set them all off, so nothing is shining
System.out.println("Starting with setting all leds off");
ledStrip.allOff();

System.out.println("setting the LEDs to RED");
ledStrip.setStripColor(LedStrip.PixelColor.RED);
ledStrip.render();
delay(3000);

System.out.println("setting the LEDs to Light Blue");
ledStrip.setStripColor(LedStrip.PixelColor.LIGHT_BLUE);
ledStrip.render();
delay(3000);

System.out.println("setting the first led to Purple");
ledStrip.setPixelColor(0, LedStrip.PixelColor.PURPLE);
ledStrip.render();
delay(3000);

System.out.println("setting the brightness to full and just show the first led as White");
ledStrip.allOff();
ledStrip.setBrightness(1);
ledStrip.setPixelColor(0, LedStrip.PixelColor.WHITE);
ledStrip.render();
delay(3000);

//finishing and closing
ledStrip.close();
System.out.println("closing the app");
System.out.println("Color "+ ledStrip.getPixelColor(0));

System.out.println("LED strip app done.");

Further application

The class is implemented in the sample project Photobooth.

Further project ideas

  • A suit with LED-Strips sewn on, on which different animations can run.
  • A LED-strip which can be used as a backlight of a screen. The color and brightness can change to the volume and mood of the displayed images.