Usage

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Usage
WS2801-Pi can be used as follows:
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import LedController from 'ws2801-pi';
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// const LedController = require('ws2801-pi').default;
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const amountOfLedsOnStrip = 100;
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const ledController = new LedController(amountOfLedsOnStrip);
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let color = {
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  red: 255,
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  green: 120,
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  blue: 0,
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};
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// Set color of whole led strip
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ledController.fillLeds(color);
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ledController.show();
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color.red = 0;
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color.green = 0;
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color.blue = 255;
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// Set color of single led
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ledController.setLed(0, color);
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ledController.show();
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// Clear led strip (turn all leds off)
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ledController
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  .clearLeds()
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  .show();
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Hint: Make sure to call show()after changing leds in order to physically change the leds.
Hint: If automaticRendering is set show() does not have to be called.
The rendering can then be awaited via ledController.renderPromise.
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