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Hands-On Internet of Things with Blynk

You're reading from   Hands-On Internet of Things with Blynk Build on the power of Blynk to configure smart devices and build exciting IoT projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788995061
Length 271 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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zeRGBa

zeRGBa is a controller widget for picking colors by mixing red, green, and blue. Each basic color ranges from 0 to 255. The RGB color system constructs all the colors from the combination of the red, green and blue. The red, green, and blue use eight bits each, which have integer values from 0 to 255. This makes 256*256*256=16,777,216 possible colors.

The zeRGBa widget uses three pins on your hardware (Raspberry Pi) for each color channel: red, green, and blue.

Using digital pins

In split mode, the zeRGBa widget uses three pins on your hardware for each basic color. The pins should be capable of PWM. Unfortunately, the Raspberry Pi has a single pin that is GPIO 18 capable with PWM, but you will require two more PWM...

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