{"id":1302,"date":"2015-12-08T07:19:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T07:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richa1.com\/RichardAlbritton\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2017-12-09T04:07:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T04:07:27","slug":"weather-cloud-project-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richa1.com\/RichardAlbritton\/weather-cloud-project-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Cloud Project Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have ported the code over to the Particle Photon and am working on some new lighting and sounds to represent data being sent to the device.<\/p>\n

Thanks to James Bruce and his\u00a0How to Build a Cloud Lamp with Sound Reactive Lightning<\/a><\/strong> tutorial, I think I have found a cool Thunder animation.<\/p>\n

void rolling(){  \/\/ a simple method where we go through every LED with 1\/10 chance\r\n  \/\/ of being turned on, up to 10 times, with a random delay wbetween each time\r\n  for(int r=0;r<random(2,10);r++){\r\n    \/\/iterate through every LED\r\n    for(int i=0;i<NUM_LEDS;i++){\r\n      if(random(0,100)>90){\r\n        leds[i] = CHSV( 0, 0, 255); \r\n\r\n      }\r\n      else{\r\n        \/\/dont need reset as we're blacking out other LEDs her \r\n        leds[i] = CHSV(0,0,0);\r\n      }\r\n    }\r\n    FastLED.show();\r\n    delay(random(5,100));\r\n    reset();\r\n    \r\n  }\r\n}\r\n\r\nvoid crack(){\r\n   \/\/turn everything white briefly\r\n   for(int i=0;i<NUM_LEDS;i++) {\r\n      leds[i] = CHSV( 0, 0, 255);  \r\n   }\r\n   FastLED.show();\r\n   delay(random(10,100));\r\n   reset();\r\n}\r\n\r\nvoid thunderburst(){\r\n\r\n  \/\/ this thunder works by lighting two random lengths\r\n  \/\/ of the strand from 10-20 pixels. \r\n  int rs1 = random(0,NUM_LEDS\/2);\r\n  int rl1 = random(10,20);\r\n  int rs2 = random(rs1+rl1,NUM_LEDS);\r\n  int rl2 = random(10,20);\r\n  \r\n  \/\/repeat this chosen strands a few times, adds a bit of realism\r\n  for(int r = 0;r<random(3,6);r++){\r\n    \r\n    for(int i=0;i< rl1; i++){\r\n      leds[i+rs1] = CHSV( 0, 0, 255);\r\n    }\r\n    \r\n    if(rs2+rl2 < NUM_LEDS){\r\n      for(int i=0;i< rl2; i++){\r\n        leds[i+rs2] = CHSV( 0, 0, 255);\r\n      }\r\n    }\r\n    \r\n    FastLED.show();\r\n    \/\/stay illuminated for a set time\r\n    delay(random(10,50));\r\n    \r\n    reset();\r\n    delay(random(10,50));\r\n  }\r\n  \r\n}<\/pre>\n
I may also use the Acid Mode.<\/p>\n
void acid_cloud(){\r\n    \/\/ a modification of the rolling lightning which adds random colour. trippy. \r\n    \/\/iterate through every LED\r\n    for(int i=0;i<NUM_LEDS;i++){\r\n      if(random(0,100)>90){\r\n        leds[i] = CHSV( random(0,255), 255, 255); \r\n\r\n      }\r\n      else{\r\n        leds[i] = CHSV(0,0,0);\r\n      }\r\n    }\r\n    FastLED.show();\r\n    delay(random(5,100));\r\n    reset();\r\n    \r\n  \/\/}\r\n}<\/pre>\n
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I am making a very big cloud for my friend that is funding this venture. It has Bluetooth audio for regular music, the 16MB Adafruit FX Audio board, a 24W amp, and 360 NeoPixels.<\/p>\n
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