import serial import time import colorsys import sys channels = [ 255, # dimmer 0, # R 0, # G 0, # B 0, # W 0, # A 0, # UV 0, # Strobe 0, # function 0, # function speed ] start_addr = 1 with serial.Serial("/dev/ttyUSB0", 500000) as ser: payload = bytearray(512) FPS = 50 if len(sys.argv) > 1: FPS = int(sys.argv[1]) FRAME_TIME = 1 / FPS t = 0 def sync(): # wait for sync while True: b = ser.readline() if b.strip() == b"Sync.": return sync() print("initial sync.") while True: loop_start = time.time() r, g, b = colorsys.hls_to_rgb(t, 0.5, 1) channels[1] = int(255 * r) channels[2] = int(255 * g) channels[3] = int(255 * b) payload[(start_addr - 1) : (start_addr - 1 + len(channels))] = channels ser.write(payload) ser.flush() response = ser.readline() if response.strip() != b"Ack.": print(f"received bad response: {response!r}") sync() continue t += FRAME_TIME t %= 1 loop_time = time.time() - loop_start if loop_time < FRAME_TIME: time.sleep(FRAME_TIME - loop_time) else: print("loop took too long!") print(f"loop time: {1000 * loop_time:0.2f}ms busy, {1000 * (time.time() - loop_start):0.2f}ms total") # print(ser.read_all())