New script to simulate fireplace lights

Author: RPiSpy

fireplace-lights.py

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# Fireplace Lights
+#
+# Micropython code for Raspberry Pi Pico w
+#
+# File     : fireplace-lights.py 
+# Source   : https://github.com/RPiSpy/pi-pico
+#
+# Desc     : Simulate a fire place with two neopixels
+# Hardware : Pi Pico or Pi Pico W
+#            2 WS2812 NeoPixels
+# Software : Requires neopixel.py
+#
+# Author   : Matt Hawkins
+# Website  : https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/
+#
+# In memory of Diana Keating who taught me to make stuff
+# as soon as I could hold a pen.
+#
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+
+import time
+import random
+from neopixel import Neopixel
+
+# NeoPixel settings
+NEOPIXEL_GPIO  = 26
+NEOPIXEL_COUNT = 2
+
+BRIGHTNESS_MAX = 200
+BRIGHTNESS_MIN = 10
+
+# Amound of Red, Green and Blue to use
+COLOUR_RED   = 255
+COLOUR_GREEN = 80
+COLOUR_BLUE  = 0
+
+pixels = Neopixel(NEOPIXEL_COUNT, 0, NEOPIXEL_GPIO, "GRB")
+
+while True:
+
+    # For each pixel ...
+    for pixel in range(0,NEOPIXEL_COUNT):
+
+        # Set random brightness between Min and Max values
+        brightness_p = random.randint(BRIGHTNESS_MIN,BRIGHTNESS_MAX)
+        
+        # Set starting colours of neopixels
+        # Max red, zero blue and enough random green to give yellows and oranges
+        colour_p = (COLOUR_RED,random.randint(0,COLOUR_GREEN),COLOUR_BLUE)
+
+        # Set pixel colour and brightness
+        pixels.set_pixel(pixel, colour_p, brightness_p)
+        pixels.show()
+
+        # Wait random time between 50-80 milliseconds
+        # to give a flicker effect
+        time.sleep_ms(random.randint(50,80))

police-lights.py

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 # NeoPixel settings
 NEOPIXEL_GPIO = 26
 NEOPIXEL_BRIGHTNESS_LOW  = 1
-NEOPIXEL_BRIGHTNESS_HIGH = 50
+NEOPIXEL_BRIGHTNESS_HIGH = 100
 
 COLOUR_BLUE = (0,0,255)
 COLOUR_RED  = (255, 0, 0)