ESPxRGB

ESPxRGB is an Arduino library of RGB, RGBW, HSV conversion functions and Gamma Correction written in Xtensa assembler for ESP SoCs.

Table of Contents

• Why an assembler RGB manipulation library
• Features
• Options and Use
• History
• References
• License

Why an assembler RGB manipulation library

Looking to use small, low-powered SoCs to drive long strings of LEDs with the optimum speed and power efficiency requires efficient algorythms and code. Assembler is as efficient as you can get. The ESP SoCs are great given their feature set, conectivity, power and price. Plus, they are easy to program.

Features

ESPxRGB works in the 8-bit RGB/W space. It covers functions supporting:

• RGB to RGBW
• HSV to RGB and RGBW, with a choice of four HSV algorythms
• RGB gamma correction (for normalizing the perception of pulsing luminance)
• RGB chroma correction (for normalizing the perception of luminance across the spectrum) plus intersections of all the above.

External C headers provide regular Arduino and ESP-IDF code access to the functions.

Options and Use

Drop the library into your ~Arduino/libraries folder and include the ESPxRGB.h header in your project. The library is compiled based on flags in the src/options.h file: The functions are grouped and can be included/excluded in the compiled code as dictated by pre-processor definitions.

The examples folder contains sketches than can test the functions and generate look-up tables used by the code.

Functions

Conversion

• xgamma8 Normalizes the value of a single 8-bit color value
• xgammaarray8 Normalizes a range of 8-bit color values
• xrgbgamma8 Normalizes a set of 8-bit RGB values
• xrgbwgamma8 Normalizes a set of 8-bit RGBW values

Conversion

• xrgb2rgbw8 RGB to RGBW
• xhsv2rgb8s HSV to RGB using the Spectrum algorythm
• xhsv2rgb8e HSV to RGB using a power efficient function
• xhsv2rgbwt HSV to RGB using a tweaked function aproximating FastLED Rainbow HSV
• xhsv2rgb8w HSV to RGB using a (sine) wave function

Combined

• xhsv2rgbgamma8 HSV to RGB with gamma correction
• xhsv2rgbwgamma8 HSV to RGB with gamma correction
• xrgb2rgbwgamma8 RGB to RGBW with gamma correction

History

References

License

ESPxRGB - Copyright 2019 technosf [https://github.com/technosf]

Licensed under the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 3.0 or greater (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.