Maximum fading time

[Ivanooe]

Hello

thank a lot for this library, is very helpful.
I have only a question...I saw into the library that you define the interval (time of fading) like an unsigned int.
In this way the maximum time that I can set up it's about 65 second.
I need an interval like 1 hour... Is possible to change the interval from unsigned int to unsigned long?
Or you have choose this type of variable for a specific reason?
Thanks in advance.

Ivan

[jgillick]

Hi Ivan,

The decision was purely because, for most needs, I didn't expect the interval to be longer than 65 seconds. I don't think it should be a problem for you to change it to a long data type. If you do this, let me know how it works!

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On May 15, 2015, at 5:56 AM, Ivanooe notifications@github.com wrote:

Hello

thank a lot for this library, is very helpful.
I have only a question...I saw into the library that you define the interval (time of fading) like an unsigned int.
In this way the maximum time that I can set up it's about 65 second.
I need an interval like 1 hour... Is possible to change the interval from unsigned int to unsigned long?
Or you have choose this type of variable for a specific reason?
Thanks in advance.

Ivan

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[Ivanooe]

I tried to do this changement...
I modified all the variables from unsigned int to unsigned long, but unluckly I didn't see any improve.

I tried to set up the interval over 70000 and more, but I can't see any difference...It works, but the fade time seems not change.

I don't know....

[jgillick]

That's odd. How long does it seem to fade?

[r00tGER]

Another way is dividing millis() to 1000. In this case precision will be in seconds, and max time ~18 hr.

[electroc]

hi all, and thanks jgillick for this great library

the unsigned long method didnt work for me either, but i eventually figured r00tGER dividing the millis();

i made my fader to run up to 600 seconds by dividing all the millis(); in the .cpp file

LINE#108 last_step_time = millis()/10;
LINE#140 unsigned long now = millis()/10;
LINE#167 last_step_time = millis()/10;

and dividing the MIN_INTERVAL in the .h file as well (default was 20):

LINE#15 #define MIN_INTERVAL 2

now the FADE_TIME is in milliseconds*10 so 2 seconds are now 200 and not 2000 , just to keep in mind

[GavC666]

Hi
Changing around half a dozen or so unsigned int's to unsigned long within c++ file allows the user to then increase interval time. Worked no problem for me (noob).
Thank you jgillick for this library, I have searched a long time and this is ideal for simulating sunrise and sunset in my snake Viv.
Kind Regards
Gav

[jgillick]

@GavC666 that makes sense. Mind submitting a pull request with those changes and I'll merge it into the library?