Preliminary pixie support

Author: Daniel Garcia

FastLED.h

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ enum ESPIChipsets {
 enum ESM { SMART_MATRIX };
 enum OWS2811 { OCTOWS2811,OCTOWS2811_400 };
 
+template<uint8_t DATA_PIN, EOrder RGB_ORDER> class Pixie : public PixieController<DATA_PIN, RGB_ORDER> {};
 #ifdef FASTLED_HAS_CLOCKLESS
 template<uint8_t DATA_PIN> class NEOPIXEL : public WS2812Controller800Khz<DATA_PIN, GRB> {};
 template<uint8_t DATA_PIN, EOrder RGB_ORDER> class TM1829 : public TM1829Controller800Khz<DATA_PIN, RGB_ORDER> {};

chipsets.h

@@ -12,6 +12,66 @@ FASTLED_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 ///
 ///@{
 
+#if defined(ARDUINO)
+#include "SoftwareSerial.h"
+
+/// Adafruit Pixie controller class
+/// @tparam DATAPIN the pin to write data out on
+/// @tparam RGB_ORDER the RGB ordering for the led data
+template<uint8_t DATA_PIN, EOrder RGB_ORDER = RGB>
+class PixieController : public CLEDController {
+	SoftwareSerial Serial;
+public:
+	PixieController() : Serial(-1, DATA_PIN) {}
+
+	virtual void clearLeds(int nLeds) { showColor(CRGB(0,0,0), nLeds, CRGB(0,0,0)); };
+
+protected:
+	virtual void init() {
+
+		Serial.begin(115200);
+	}
+
+	void show(PixelController<RGB_ORDER> & pixels) {
+		while(pixels.has(1)) {
+			uint8_t r = pixels.loadAndScale0();
+			Serial.write(r);
+			uint8_t g = pixels.loadAndScale1();
+			Serial.write(g);
+			uint8_t b = pixels.loadAndScale2();
+			Serial.write(b);
+			pixels.advanceData();
+			pixels.stepDithering();
+		}
+	}
+
+	virtual void showColor(const struct CRGB & data, int nLeds, CRGB scale) {
+		PixelController<RGB_ORDER> pixels(data, nLeds, scale, getDither());
+		show(pixels);
+	}
+
+	virtual void show(const struct CRGB *data, int nLeds, CRGB scale) {
+		PixelController<RGB_ORDER> pixels(data, nLeds, scale, getDither());
+		show(pixels);
+	}
+
+#ifdef SUPPORT_ARGB
+	virtual void show(const struct CRGB *data, int nLeds, CRGB scale) {
+		PixelController<RGB_ORDER> pixels(data, nLeds,, scale, getDither());
+		show(pixels);
+	}
+#endif
+};
+
+// template<SoftwareSerial & STREAM, EOrder RGB_ORDER = RGB>
+// class PixieController : public PixieBaseController<STREAM, RGB_ORDER> {
+// public:
+// 	virtual void init() {
+// 		STREAM.begin(115200);
+// 	}
+// };
+#endif
+
 ///@name Clocked chipsets - nominally SPI based these chipsets have a data and a clock line.
 ///@{
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -478,7 +538,7 @@ template <uint8_t DATA_PIN, EOrder RGB_ORDER = RGB>
 class GW6205Controller800Khz : public ClocklessController<DATA_PIN, 2 * FMUL, 4 * FMUL, 4 * FMUL, RGB_ORDER, 4> {};
 
 template <uint8_t DATA_PIN, EOrder RGB_ORDER = RGB>
-class PL9823Controller : public ClocklessController<DATA_PIN, 3 * FMUL, 8 * FMUL, 3 * FMUL, RGB_ORDER> {}; 
+class PL9823Controller : public ClocklessController<DATA_PIN, 3 * FMUL, 8 * FMUL, 3 * FMUL, RGB_ORDER> {};
 
 #else
 // GW6205@400khz - 800ns, 800ns, 800ns
@@ -534,7 +594,7 @@ template <uint8_t DATA_PIN, EOrder RGB_ORDER = RGB>
 class SK6812Controller : public ClocklessController<DATA_PIN, NS(300), NS(300), NS(600), RGB_ORDER> {};
 
 template <uint8_t DATA_PIN, EOrder RGB_ORDER = RGB>
-class PL9823Controller : public ClocklessController<DATA_PIN, NS(350), NS(1010), NS(350), RGB_ORDER> {}; 
+class PL9823Controller : public ClocklessController<DATA_PIN, NS(350), NS(1010), NS(350), RGB_ORDER> {};
 #endif
 ///@}
 

release_notes.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ FastLED3.1.1pre
 * Fix power management issue w/parallel output
 * Use static_asserts for some more useful compile time errors around bad pins
 * Roll power management into FastLED.show/delay directly
+* Support for adafruit pixies on arduino type platforms that have SoftwareSerial
+  * TODO: support hardware serial on platforms that have it available
 
 FastLED3.1.0
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