Colorful Lights Atom Matrix Esp32

About the project

In this tutorial we are going to make a Simple Colorful Lights Project using Atom Matrix ESP32.

Project info

Difficulty: Easy

Platforms: ArduinoVisuinoM5Stack

Estimated time: 1 hour

License: GNU General Public License, version 3 or later (GPL3+)

Items used in this project

Hardware components

M5Stack ATOM Matrix ESP32 Development Kit M5Stack ATOM Matrix ESP32 Development Kit x 1

Software apps and online services

Visuino Visuino
Arduino IDE Arduino IDE

Story

Step 1: What You Will Need

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Step 2: Start Visuino, and Select the Atom Matrix Board Type

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Start Visuino as shown in the first picture Click on the "Tools" button on the Arduino component (Picture 1) in Visuino When the dialog appears, select "Atom Matrix" as shown on Picture 2

Step 3: In Visuino Add Components

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  • Add "Clock Generator" component
  • Add "Counter" component
  • Add "Clock Multi Source" component
  • Add 3X "Random Color" component

Step 4: In Visuino Set Components

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  • Select "M5 Stack ATOM Matrix" board in the properties window expand "Modules">"RGB Matrix">"Elements" and click on the 3 dots button
  • In the "Elements" window drag "Draw Rectangle" to the left side and in the properties window set "Color" to "aclYellow" & click on the Pin Icon and select "Alpha Color SinkPin" and set "Height" to 5 and "Width" to 5
  • In the "Elements" window drag another "Draw Rectangle" to the left side and in the properties window set "Color" to "aclRed" & click on the Pin Icon and select "Alpha Color SinkPin" and set "Height" to 3 and "Width" to 3, "X" to 1 and "Y" to 1
  • In the "Elements" window drag "Draw Pixel" to the left side and in the properties window set "Color" to "aclDarkBlue" & click on the Pin Icon and select "Alpha Color SinkPin" and set "X" to 2 and "Y" to 2
  • Close the "Elements" window
  • Select "ClockMultiSource1" and in the Properties window set "Output Pins" to 3
  • Select "ClockGenerator1" and in the Properties window select "Frequency" & click on the Pin Icon and select "Float SinkPin"
  • Select "Counter1" and in the Properties window set "Initial Value" to 1, "Max">"Value" to 10 and "Min">"Value" to 10

Step 5: In Visuino Connect Components

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  • Connect "M5 Stack ATOM Matrix" pin Button [Out] to "Counter1" Pin [In]
  • Connect "Counter1" Pin [Out] to "ClockGenerator1" Pin [Frequency]
  • Connect "ClockGenerator1" Pin [Out] to "ClockMultiSource1" Pin [In]
  • Connect "ClockMultiSource1" Pin [0] to "RandomColor1" Pin [0]
  • Connect "ClockMultiSource1" Pin [1] to "RandomColor2" Pin [1]
  • Connect "ClockMultiSource1" Pin [2] to "RandomColor3" Pin [2]
  • Connect "RandomColor1" Pin [Out] "M5 Stack ATOM Matrix" > "Draw Rectangle1" pin [Color]
  • Connect "RandomColor1" Pin [Out] "M5 Stack ATOM Matrix" > "Draw Rectangle1" pin [Clock]
  • Connect "RandomColor2" Pin [Out] "M5 Stack ATOM Matrix" > "Draw Rectangle2" pin [Color]
  • Connect "RandomColor2" Pin [Out] "M5 Stack ATOM Matrix" > "Draw Rectangle2" pin [Clock]
  • Connect "RandomColor3" Pin [Out] "M5 Stack ATOM Matrix" > "Draw Pixel1" pin [Color]
  • Connect "RandomColor3" Pin [Out] "M5 Stack ATOM Matrix" > "Draw Pixel1" pin [Clock]

Step 6: Generate, Compile, and Upload the Arduino Code

In Visuino, at the bottom click on the "Build" Tab, make sure the correct port is selected, then click on the "Compile/Build and Upload" button.

Step 7: Play

If you power the ATOM Matrix module The Display will start to show random colors and you can change the speed by pressing on the button.

Congratulations! You have completed your project with Visuino. Also attached is the Visuino project, that I created for this tutorial, you can download it and open it in Visuino: https://www.visuino.eu

Schematics, diagrams and documents

Visuino File

Code

Visuino File

Credits

Photo of Ron

Ron

Arduino Developer

   

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