9. PiDog RGB Strip

There is an RGB Strip on PiDog’s chest, which PiDog can use to express emotions.

You can call the following function to control it.

Pidog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style='breath', color='white', bps=1, brightness=1):

• style : The lighting display mode of RGB Strip, the following are its available values.

  • breath

  • boom

  • bark

• color : The lights of the RGB Strip show the colors. You can enter 16-bit RGB values, such as #a10a0a, or the following color names.

  • "white"

  • "black"

  • "white"

  • "red"

  • "yellow"

  • "green"

  • "blue"

  • "cyan"

  • "magenta"

  • "pink"

• brightness : RGB Strip lights display brightness, you can enter a floating-point value from 0 to 1, such as 0.5.

• delay : Float, display animation speed, the smaller the value, the faster the change.

Use the following statement to disable RGB Striping.

Pidog.rgb_strip.close()

Here are examples of their use:

from pidog import Pidog
import time

my_dog = Pidog()

while True:
    # style="breath", color="pink"
    my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="breath", color='pink')
    time.sleep(3)

    # style:"boom", color="#a10a0a"
    my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="bark", color="#a10a0a")
    time.sleep(3)

    # style:"boom", color="#a10a0a", brightness=0.5, bps=2.5
    my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="boom", color="#a10a0a", bps=2.5, brightness=0.5)
    time.sleep(3)

    # close
    my_dog.rgb_strip.close()
    time.sleep(2)