From dde54088b48aab0196f18d3d492be06fb4b31f01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Iznogood1 <denisns1@free.fr>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 16:48:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Create  SK6812_white_dimmer.py

Allowing to turn on/off just by typing SK6812_white_dimmer.py -r <red value> -g <green_value> -b <blue_value> -w <white_value>
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 examples/SK6812_white_dimmer.py | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 examples/SK6812_white_dimmer.py

diff --git a/examples/SK6812_white_dimmer.py b/examples/SK6812_white_dimmer.py
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+# A short utility to set color and switch on/off the led strp
+
+import sys, getopt
+from rpi_ws281x import Color, PixelStrip, ws
+
+# LED strip configuration:
+LED_COUNT = 80        # Number of LED pixels.
+LED_PIN = 18          # GPIO pin connected to the pixels (must support PWM!).
+LED_FREQ_HZ = 800000  # LED signal frequency in hertz (usually 800khz)
+LED_DMA = 10          # DMA channel to use for generating signal (try 10)
+LED_BRIGHTNESS = 255  # Set to 0 for darkest and 255 for brightest
+LED_INVERT = False    # True to invert the signal (when using NPN transistor level shift)
+LED_CHANNEL = 0
+LED_STRIP = ws.SK6812W_STRIP
+
+
+# Store RGBW values - Sanitize data when setting a color
+class RGBW:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.red = 0
+        self.green = 0
+        self.blue = 0
+        self.white=0
+
+    def setvalue(self, color, value):
+        try:
+            value = int(value)
+        except:
+            print (value, 'is not a valid value')
+            Usage()
+        match color:
+            case "red":
+                self.red = 0 if value < 0 else 255 if value > 255 else value
+            case "green":
+                self.green = 0 if value < 0 else 255 if value > 255 else value
+            case "blue":
+                self.blue = 0 if value < 0 else 255 if value > 255 else value
+            case "white":
+                self.white = 0 if value < 0 else 255 if value > 255 else value
+
+# Display Help
+def Usage():
+    print ('usage:',sys.argv[0],'[options values] ...')
+    print ('Options:')
+    print ('r <value>    : set red intensity from 0 to 255')
+    print ('g <value>    : set green intensity from 0 to 255')
+    print ('b <value>    : set blue intensity from 0 to 255')
+    print ('w <value>    : set white intensity from 0 to 255')
+    print ('--off        : switch off the leds - rgb parameters ignored - equivalent to switchleds.py -r 0 -g 0 -b 0 -w 0')
+    print ('Values lower than 0 or higher than 255 are respectively set to 0 or 255')
+    quit()
+
+# Main Logic
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    #VARs
+    # Create PixelStrip object with appropriate configuration.
+    strip = PixelStrip(LED_COUNT, LED_PIN, LED_FREQ_HZ, LED_DMA, LED_INVERT, LED_BRIGHTNESS, LED_CHANNEL, LED_STRIP)
+    # RGBW Values
+    rgbw = RGBW()
+    off = False
+
+    # Parse arguments
+    try:
+        options, remainer = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'hr:g:b:w:', ['help', 'red=', 'green=', 'blue=', 'white=', 'off'])
+    except getopt.GetoptError as err:
+        print(err)
+        Usage()
+
+    # Check arguments and store RGBW values
+    for opt, arg in options:
+        if opt in ('-h', '--help'):
+            Usage()
+        elif opt in ('-r', '--red'):
+            rgbw.setvalue('red', arg)
+        elif opt in ('-g', '--green'):
+            rgbw.setvalue('green', arg)
+        elif opt in ('-b', '--blue'):
+            rgbw.setvalue('blue', arg)
+        elif opt in ('-w', '--white'):
+            rgbw.setvalue('white', arg)
+        elif opt == '--off':
+            off = True
+
+    # Useless argument warning
+    if len(remainer) > 0:
+        print (remainer, ': additional parameters ignored - type switchleds.py -h to get help')
+
+    # Intialize the library (must be called once before other functions).
+    strip.begin()
+    color = Color(0,0,0,0) if off else Color(rgbw.red, rgbw.green, rgbw.blue, rgbw.white)
+    for i in range(strip.numPixels()):
+        # Set the color to every led
+        strip.setPixelColor(i, color)
+        strip.show()