Synchronized Lighting for VESC

• The idea is to lightup the underbody of a skateboard in accordance with the movement - for example, like you skating the rainbow ;)

• You can choose from existing options and and also create your own lighting color palletes.

• While standby - "breathing lights" mode enabed.

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This project is easy to repeat - all you need is:

• Arduino Nano - brains for project

• APA102 - led strip

• LM2596HVS - DC-DC step down converter

don't forget to set stepdown converter to +5volts

Tuning your VESC Synchronized Lighting

1. Set strip length(led num) and strip brightness(1-31 max) in "lib/led_strip_apa102/led_strip_apa102.h" file:

#define LED_COUNT 42
#define LED_STRIP_BRIGHTNESS 31

2. Tune "WHEEL_SIZE_RATIO" constant in "main.cpp" for velocity of color pallete change

const uint8_t WHEEL_SIZE_RATIO = 20;

3. Also you can tune "STANDBY_TIMEOUT" constant in order to enable standby lighting mode

const uint16_t STANDBY_TIMEOUT = 3000;

4. Select "PPM and UART" in "APP setting" of "VESC tool".

5. You are ready to go!

6. You can create your own color palletes and set it up in "lib/color_palletes/color_palletes.h" file.

CURRENT_PALLETE_WIDTH must be equal to pallete elements, for example, if you want to create new pallete with 3 elements:

const hsv_color pallete_name[3] PROGMEM = { 0, 240, 0 };

or

const hsv_color another_pallete_name[6] PROGMEM = { 0, 240, 0, 240, 0, 240, };

so CURRENT_PALLETE_WIDTH must be equal to number in [ ] brackets and count of values in { } brackets.

7. If you want to change direction of color movement tune "STRIP_DIRECTION" constant in "main.cpp".

To compile this project in Arduino IDE:

1. Create new folder for this project. For example name it synchronized_lighting.

2. Copy main.cpp to this folder.

3. Rename main.cpp to synchronized_lighting.ino

4. Copy all files from lib folder and subfolders to your newly created directory synchronized_lighting folder.

5. Open Arduino IDE and install FastGPIO and APA102 libraries.

6. Compile!

7. Power down or even disconnect Arduino from your VESC when uploading new firmware.

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