# Simple demo of of the WS2801/SPI-like addressable RGB LED lights. import time import RPi.GPIO as GPIO # Import the WS2801 module. import Adafruit_WS2801 import Adafruit_GPIO.SPI as SPI # Configure the count of pixels: PIXEL_COUNT = 191 # Alternatively specify a hardware SPI connection on /dev/spidev0.0: SPI_PORT = 0 SPI_DEVICE = 0 pixels = Adafruit_WS2801.WS2801Pixels(PIXEL_COUNT, spi=SPI.SpiDev(SPI_PORT, SPI_DEVICE), gpio=GPIO) # Define the wheel function to interpolate between different hues. def wheel(pos): if pos < 85: return Adafruit_WS2801.RGB_to_color(pos * 3, 255 - pos * 3, 0) elif pos < 170: pos -= 85 return Adafruit_WS2801.RGB_to_color(255 - pos * 3, 0, pos * 3) else: pos -= 170 return Adafruit_WS2801.RGB_to_color(0, pos * 3, 255 - pos * 3) def rainbow_cycle(pixels, wait=0.005): for j in range(256): # one cycle of all 256 colors in the wheel for i in range(pixels.count()): pixels.set_pixel(i, wheel(((i * 256 // pixels.count()) + j) % 256) ) pixels.show() if wait > 0: time.sleep(wait) if __name__ == "__main__": # Clear all the pixels to turn them off. pixels.clear() pixels.show() # Make sure to call show() after changing any pixels! while True: rainbow_cycle(pixels, wait=0.001)