This tutorial is pretty easy and requires a little Arduino and electronics knowledge, if you're not familiar with Arduino, I'll include links to guide you through the tutorial.
In this tutorial we'll generate all the possible colors that you can see with just a twist. It will also make you see through the RGB color model and understanding how today's displays work.
We'll also use Arduino analog Input / Ouput ( referred to as I/O later in tutorial ) and will learn how to read and write analog voltages on Arduino pins.
1 x USB Type-B Cable
3 x 5k Ohm Potentiometers
3 x 330 Ohm Resistors
1 x RGB LED or RGB Module
The pot will be our voltage divider circuit, where Vout is the Arduino pin.
In a nutshell, it transforms a adjustable amount of the voltage (changes by twisting the rotor) to the Arduino analog input pin ( Vout ) this link explains the topic even further.
The RGB LED uses the same concept of the conventional LED (diode) the magic happens because it contains 3 LEDS beside each other, when the light from those LEDs fall on your retina they represent different colors because you view them as a single combined color.
Since we have 256 value for each PWM output and 3 pins that represent Red Green Blue, we have a total of 256 * 256 * 256 colors which is 16,777,216 colors (almost 17 Million).
The RGB Led is connected the same way you'd connect a normal LED but you repeat the work 3 times.
NOTE: Don't forget to connect the 330 Ohm resistor because I made this mistake and got my Red LED burnt out electricity won't do much work to get an LED burnt, so take care.
The code of the Arduino does those simple tasks in a sequential manner.
In the Setup
In the Loop
Now you have the ultimate color generator with 17M colors! congrats!!
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In this tutorial we'll generate all the possible colors that you can see with just a twist. It will also make you see through the RGB color model and understanding how today's displays work.
We'll also use Arduino analog Input / Ouput ( referred to as I/O later in tutorial ) and will learn how to read and write analog voltages on Arduino pins.
Step 1: What You Need?
3 x 5k Ohm Potentiometers
3 x 330 Ohm Resistors
1 x RGB LED or RGB Module
Optional
Cable Cover
Arduino Compatible UNO Ultimate Starter Kit / Learning Kit
USB To Power Jack Cable
Arduino Compatible UNO Ultimate Starter Kit / Learning Kit
USB To Power Jack Cable
Don't have components? Don't worry. Just click the component's name.
Step 2: Connecting The Pot.
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| Voltage Divider Circuit |
In a nutshell, it transforms a adjustable amount of the voltage (changes by twisting the rotor) to the Arduino analog input pin ( Vout ) this link explains the topic even further.
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| Pot Voltage Divider |
Connect the pot as illustrated in the image, connecting the outer terminals on either 5v or GND doesn't matter at all, the most important connection is the middle terminal, which goes to the analog input pins.
You obtain the 5v and GND from the Arduino pins.
I'm using the Orange for the 5v ( instead of Red ) to make easier to differentiate between power and signal lines.
Repeat this connection for the 3 pots for each color.
I want to keep the connections as tidy as possible so I'll connect the pot for the Red color on A0, Green on A1 and Blue on A2.
You obtain the 5v and GND from the Arduino pins.
I'm using the Orange for the 5v ( instead of Red ) to make easier to differentiate between power and signal lines.
Repeat this connection for the 3 pots for each color.
I want to keep the connections as tidy as possible so I'll connect the pot for the Red color on A0, Green on A1 and Blue on A2.
Step 3: Connecting The RGB LED.
Since we have 256 value for each PWM output and 3 pins that represent Red Green Blue, we have a total of 256 * 256 * 256 colors which is 16,777,216 colors (almost 17 Million).
Step 4: Upload The Code.
The code of the Arduino does those simple tasks in a sequential manner.
In the Setup
- Set the mode of 3 analog input pins to input
- Set the mode of 3 pwm (analog output) pins to output
In the Loop
- Read the value of the pot. using analogRead function
- Map the value from the analog pin to a matching PWM value using the map
- function
- Write the PWM value to the analog pin using analogWrite function
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