WS2812 RGB Strip

Pin Selection

  1. Raspberry Pi has three high-speed signal driving mode that can be used to drive WS2812 RGB LED strip. But these modes have other uses, and using them for WS2812 RGB LED strip will disable their original functions.

    _images/strip_select.png

    • SPI (IO10) is used for SPI interface.

    • PWM (IO12) for analog audio (3.5mm audio jack).

    • PCM (IO21) for digital audio (HDMI audio).

  2. The SPI (IO10) drive mode is selected by default. If you switch to a different pin (let’s say IO21) during the assembly process, you will also need to modify the corresponding configuration.

    pironman -rp 21

Other Configurations

The WS1812 RGB Strip is a light strip with 8 RGB LEDs that can be used to display Pironman’s status. You can use commands to make it turn on or off, or to modify its color (default is blue), display mode and change rate.

  • Turn on the WS2812 RGB Strip.

pironman  -rw on

  • Turn it off.

pironman  -rw off

  • Change its color, using hexadecimal color values.

pironman  -rc fe1a1a

  • Changing the display mode, there are four modes to choose from: breath, leap, flow, raise_up.

pironman  -rs leap

  • Change the speed of change (0 ~ 100%).

pironman  -rb 80

  • Above are the effects we preset for WS2812 RGB Strip, if you want it to display other effects, you can open /opt/pironman/ws2812_RGB.py to modify and run it.

    Open this python script and modify its contents.

    sudo nano /opt/pironman/ws2812_RGB.py

    Press Ctrl+X -> Y -> Enter to save and exit editing.

    Run it.

    sudo python3 /opt/pironman/ws2812_RGB.py