LED Tower

LED Tower — is a strip consisting of 8 LEDs. Each LED can be controlled individually by changing its color. This module is perfect for creating indicators and light animations.

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Basic usage

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LEDTower(slot) -> NeoPixel

To create a LEDTower object, call LEDTower(slot).

Args:

• slot (string | int | tuple) - slot label ("A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H"), pin port (8, 9, 0, 1 and etc.), tuple (0, Pin.OUT)

Returns: Return a NeoPixel object for the addressable-LED strip on slot.

from pibody import LEDTower

tower = LEDTower(8)

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.write()

Sends the color data to the LED strip. Must be called after setting LED colors to apply changes.

tower.write()

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.fill(color)

Use the .fill() function to make all 8 LEDs on the tower light up in a specific color.

See color list ad Additional info.

tower.fill(tower.GREEN)  # green
tower.write()            # update state

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Other Functions

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Set up one LED item

Sets the color of an individual LED. Accepts color tuple (r, g, b) or you can use preset colors.

tower[0] = tower.GREEN  # green

tower[0] = (0, 255, 0)  # also green

tower.write()            # don't forget to update state

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Get one LED item

Returns color tuple (r, g, b) of the LED.

led0 = tower[0]
print(led0)

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Additional info

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LEDTower preset colors

Title	Tuple
LEDTower.WHITE	(255, 255, 255)
LEDTower.BLACK	(0, 0, 0)
LEDTower.RED	(255, 0, 0)
LEDTower.GREEN	(0, 255, 0)
LEDTower.BLUE	(0, 0, 255)
LEDTower.YELLOW	(255, 255, 0)
LEDTower.CYAN	(0, 255, 255)
LEDTower.MAGENTA	(255, 0, 255)
LEDTower.ORANGE	(255, 165, 0)
LEDTower.PURPLE	(128, 0, 128)
LEDTower.PINK	(255, 192, 203)
LEDTower.LIME	(0, 255, 128)
LEDTower.TEAL	(0, 128, 128)
LEDTower.BROWN	(139, 69, 19)