added fixIcueBrightness util function close #142

Author: Legion2

examples/AdditionalFeatures/AdditionalFeatures.ino

@@ -22,23 +22,35 @@
 CRGB ledsChannel1[60];
 CRGB ledsChannel2[60];
 
+// Define a custom SerialNumber for the device
 const char mySerialNumber[] PROGMEM = "202B6949A967";
 
 CorsairLightingFirmware firmware = corsairLightingNodePROFirmware();
 FastLEDController ledController(true);
 CorsairLightingProtocolController cLP(&ledController, &firmware);
+// Set the SerialNumber here
 CorsairLightingProtocolHID cHID(&cLP, mySerialNumber);
 
 void setup() {
+	// Disable the build in RX and TX LEDs of the Arduino
 	CLP::disableBuildInLEDs();
+	// enable reset on DeviceId (FF FF FF FF)
 	if (CLP::shouldReset(&firmware)) {
+		// reset DeviceId and generate new one
 		CLP::reset(&firmware);
+		// reset the LEDController Settings
 		ledController.reset();
 	}
 	FastLED.addLeds<WS2812B, DATA_PIN_CHANNEL_1, GRB>(ledsChannel1, 60);
 	FastLED.addLeds<WS2812B, DATA_PIN_CHANNEL_2, GRB>(ledsChannel2, 60);
 	ledController.addLEDs(0, ledsChannel1, 60);
 	ledController.addLEDs(1, ledsChannel2, 60);
+
+	// modify the RGB values before they are shown on the LED strip
+	ledController.onUpdateHook(0, []() {
+		// increase the brightness of channel 1 when using iCUE, because iCUE only set brightness to max 50%
+		CLP::fixIcueBrightness(&ledController, 0);
+	});
 }
 
 void loop() {

src/FastLEDControllerUtils.cpp

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ void CLP::transformLLFanToStrip(FastLEDController* controller, uint8_t channelIn
 	auto& channel = controller->getChannel(channelIndex);
 	if (channel.mode == ChannelMode::SoftwarePlayback) {
 		auto leds = controller->getLEDs(channelIndex);
-		for (uint8_t fanIndex = 0; fanIndex < controller->getLEDCount(channelIndex) / 16; fanIndex++) {
+		auto count = controller->getLEDCount(channelIndex);
+		for (uint8_t fanIndex = 0; fanIndex < count / 16; fanIndex++) {
 			for (uint8_t ledIndex = 0; ledIndex < 8; ledIndex++) {
 				CRGB temp = leds[fanIndex * 16 + ledIndex];
 				leds[fanIndex * 16 + ledIndex] = leds[fanIndex * 16 + 15 - ledIndex];
@@ -106,3 +107,16 @@ void CLP::gammaCorrection(FastLEDController* controller, uint8_t channelIndex) {
 		leds[ledIndex].b = dim8_video(leds[ledIndex].b);
 	}
 }
+
+void CLP::fixIcueBrightness(FastLEDController* controller, uint8_t channelIndex) {
+	auto& channel = controller->getChannel(channelIndex);
+	if (channel.mode == ChannelMode::SoftwarePlayback) {
+		auto leds = controller->getLEDs(channelIndex);
+		auto count = controller->getLEDCount(channelIndex);
+		for (int ledIndex = 0; ledIndex < count; ledIndex++) {
+			leds[ledIndex].r = leds[ledIndex].r * 2;
+			leds[ledIndex].g = leds[ledIndex].g * 2;
+			leds[ledIndex].b = leds[ledIndex].b * 2;
+		}
+	}
+}

src/FastLEDControllerUtils.h

@@ -89,4 +89,13 @@ void reverse(FastLEDController* controller, uint8_t channelIndex);
  * @param channelIndex the index of the channel
  */
 void gammaCorrection(FastLEDController* controller, uint8_t channelIndex);
+
+/**
+ * Increase the brightness of a LED channel when using iCUE Software lighting, because iCUE only send the RGB value in
+ * the range (0 - 127) which is only 50% of max possible brightness. This function doubles the received RGB value.
+ *
+ * @param controller the FastLEDController controlling the LEDs
+ * @param channelIndex the index of the channel
+ */
+void fixIcueBrightness(FastLEDController* controller, uint8_t channelIndex);
 }  // namespace CLP