node-red-node-pi-neopixel
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A Node-RED node to drive a strip
of Neopixel or WS2812 LEDs from a Raspberry Pi.
Pre-requisites
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The Neopixel python driver need to be pre-installed... The easiest way to get
the driver installed is to use the Unicorn HAT drivers install script... see the
Pimoroni Getting Started with Unicorn HAT page.
curl -sS get.pimoroni.com/unicornhat | bash
Install
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Run the following command in the root directory of your Node-RED install.
Usually this is `~/.node-red`
npm install node-red-node-pi-neopixel
The data pin of the pixels should be connected to physical pin 12 - GPIO 18 of the Pi.
*Note:* this may conflict with audio playback.
Usage
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Defaults to a bar chart style mode using configured foreground and background colours.
It can accept a number in **msg.payload** that can be either the number of pixels,
or a percentage of the total length.
If you want to change the foreground colour, you can set **msg.payload** to a
comma separated string of `html_colour,length` or `length,html_colour`
To set the background just set **msg.payload** to an `html_colour` name.
Here
is a list of html_colour names.
You can also select shift modes where a single colour pixel is added to either
the start or the end of the strip, shifting all the others along by one.
The `nth` pixel can be set by **msg.payload** with a CSV string `n,r,g,b` ,
where r, g and b are 0-255.
A range of pixels from `x` to `y` can be set by **msg.payload**
with a CSV string `x,y,r,g,b`