Felix8A

An Arduino Library toolkit for handling 32-bit hexadecimal colors in my projects.

Installation

Install via ZIP file

1. Download the .zip file of the latest release.
2. In the Arduino IDE, go to Sketch > Include Library > Add .ZIP Library....
3. Select the downloaded .zip file.

Updating the Library

To update the library:

1. Delete the existing Felix8A folder from your libraries directory: Documents > Arduino > libraries > Felix8A
2. Follow the installation steps above to install the latest version.

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Implementation

#include <Felix8A.h>

const uint32_t colorArray[] = {
    Felix8A::Color::RED,
    Felix8A::Color::ORANGE,
    Felix8A::Color::GREEN,
    Felix8A::Color::BLUE,
    Felix8A::Color::WHITE
};

const Felix8A::Palette ColorPalette(colorArray);
const int numColors = ColorPalette.size();

void setup() {
    // setup code
}

void loop() {
    // code
}

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Implementing Felix8A::Time

#include <Felix8A.h>

unsigned long lastUpdate = 0;
const unsigned long timeInterval = 1000;

void setup() {
  // setup code here
}

void loop() {
  if (Felix8A::Time::every(timeInterval, lastUpdate)) {
    // loop code here
  }

  /* similar behavior */
  // if (Felix8A::Time::after(timeInterval, lastUpdate)) {
  //   // loop code here
  //   Felix8A::Time::reset(lastUpdate); // reset the timer
  // }
}

inside functions

void myFunction {
  if (!Felix8A::Time::after(3000, lastUpdate)) {
    return;
  }
  // code
}

Felix8A::Time As a One-shot Timer

#include <Felix8A.h>

unsigned long startTime = 0;
bool done = false;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Felix8A::Time::reset(startTime);
}

void loop() {
  if (!done && Felix8A::Time::after(3000, startTime)) {
    done = true;
    Serial.println("3 seconds passed!");
  }
}