Arc reactor prop I made for Halloween using WS2812B Neopixel rings

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Arc reactor prop I made for Halloween using WS2812B Neopixel rings

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Could you share the code?

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Sure @Michal_Hipner ,

// Arc Reactor
//Fades lights and transitions collor pallete
// also uses a potentiomer to control brightness
//Used Neopixel rings 24,16,12,8

#include “FastLED.h”

#define DATA_PIN 4
#define LED_TYPE WS2812B
#define COLOR_ORDER GRB
#define NUM_LEDS 60
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];
uint8_t colorIndex =60;
uint8_t theta = 60;
#define BRIGHTNESS
#define FRAMES_PER_SECOND 70
CRGBPalette16 currentPalette;
CRGBPalette16 currentPalette2;
CRGBPalette16 currentPalette3;
TBlendType currentBlending;
uint8_t gHue = 0;

#define BPM 55
#define DIMMEST 160
#define BRIGHTEST 255

void setup() {
delay(3000); // 3 second delay for recovery

// tell FastLED about the LED strip configuration
FastLED.addLeds<LED_TYPE,DATA_PIN,COLOR_ORDER>(leds, NUM_LEDS).setCorrection(TypicalLEDStrip);
// set master brightness control

}

void loop()
{
//potentiomer
int val = analogRead(4);
int light = map(val, 0, 1023, 0, 255);
FastLED.setBrightness(light);

static uint8_t startIndex = 0;
startIndex = startIndex + 1; // motion speed 
SetPalette();
FillLEDsFromPaletteColors(startIndex);
//spin();
FastLED.show();
FastLED.delay(100 / FRAMES_PER_SECOND);

}

void SetPalette(){
currentPalette = CRGBPalette16( CRGB::Cyan, CRGB::Aquamarine, CRGB::Cyan);
currentPalette2 = CRGBPalette16( CRGB::Cyan, CRGB::CadetBlue, CRGB::Cyan);
currentPalette3 = CRGBPalette16( CRGB::Cyan, CRGB::DarkTurquoise, CRGB::Aqua);
currentBlending = LINEARBLEND;
}

void FillLEDsFromPaletteColors( uint8_t colorIndex)
{

uint8_t brightness =  beatsin8( BPM, DIMMEST, BRIGHTEST);

  for( int i = 0; i < 24; i++) {
    leds[i] = ColorFromPalette( currentPalette, colorIndex, brightness, currentBlending);
     colorIndex += 1;
   }
  for( int i = 24; i < 52; i++) {
    leds[i] = ColorFromPalette( currentPalette2, colorIndex, brightness, currentBlending);
     colorIndex += 2;
   } 
  for( int i = 53; i < 62; i++) {
    leds[i] = ColorFromPalette( currentPalette3, colorIndex, brightness, currentBlending);
     colorIndex += 4;
   }

}

void spin()
{
// a colored dot sweeping back and forth, with fading trails
fadeToBlackBy( leds, NUM_LEDS, 20);
int pos24 = beatsin8(162,0,24);
int pos16 = beatsin8(62,24,41);
int pos12 = beatsin16(32,41,52);

leds[pos24] += CHSV( 100, 0, 100);
leds[pos16] += CHSV( 100, 0, 100);
}