NeoPixels for Halloween

I’ve been tasked with creating some flare for a little person’s halloween plans and I’m behind schedule, but once these NeoPixels arrived from Adafruit yesterday I was able to try out some example code. I’m working right now on adjusting the color of the pixels and number of lit leds using a potentiometer (dial). So this uses analog input to send the potentiometer position to the Arduino board that I have and sends signal out through the digital pins to the LED light ring. It’s been fun to implement and I can’t say I’m not thrilled with the color change and the rotary increase visualization.

Full tutorial found here

// Arduino code for Neopixel LED controller
// using a potentiometer and switch button
// (C) Ismail Uddin, 2015
// www.scienceexposure.com

#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
#define PIN 3
Adafruit_NeoPixel strip = Adafruit_NeoPixel(16, PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);

int potPin = 2;
int val = 0;
int colorVal = 0;
int reading = 0;
int x;
int prevVal = 0;
int switchPin = 6;
boolean lastBtn = LOW;
boolean NeopixelColor = false;
boolean lastButton = LOW;


void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  strip.begin();
  strip.show();
  pinMode(switchPin, INPUT);

}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  reading = analogRead(potPin);
  val = (reading/1024.0) * 17;
  colorVal = (reading/1024.0) * 255;
  
  if (digitalRead(switchPin) == HIGH && lastButton == LOW)
  {
    delay(250); // Account for contact debounce
    NeopixelColor = !NeopixelColor;
    
  }
  
  if (NeopixelColor == false)
  {
    // Neopixel LED number code
    strip.setBrightness(40);
    if (val != prevVal)
    {
      for ( x = 0; x < val; x++) 
      {
        strip.setPixelColor(x,255,0,255);
      }
      for (x=val; x<17; x++) 
      { 
        strip.setPixelColor(x,0,0,0);
        strip.show();
      }
      prevVal = val;
    }
    else
    {
      strip.show();
    }
    
  }
  else
  {
    // Neopixel Color code
    for (x=0; x < prevVal; x++)
    {
      strip.setPixelColor(x,colorVal,0,255-colorVal);
      strip.show();
    }
  }
}