My german sheppard

.gitignore

@@ -4,4 +4,9 @@ photo
 test/photo*
 test/scene/*
 backups/*
-**secret*
+**secret*
+build/*
+pidog.egg-info/*
+**/__pycache__/*
+*.egg-info/*
+

README.md

@@ -95,3 +95,41 @@ E-mail:
 ## Credit
 
 Most sound effect are from [Zapsplat.com](https://www.zapsplat.com)
+
+
+# Installation with one or more forked projects
+
+git clone the repositories from there original git location or from a fork.  
+Do not 'sudo python3 install.py' on any of them.
+
+After cloning, perform:
+Setup: System Python is externally-managed (PEP 668), so I created a venv with system-site-package inheritance (needed for hardware libs like RPi.GPIO, spidev, picamera2):
+
+```
+>_ bash
+
+python3 -m venv --system-site-packages /home/pds/.venv
+```
+
+Editable installs — links directly to your source folders, so edits take effect immediately without reinstalling:
+
+
+
+
+bash
+```
+>_ bash
+
+/home/pds/.venv/bin/pip install -e /home/pds/robot-hat -e /home/pds/pidog -e /home/pds/vilib
+```
+
+Missing dependencies resolved:
+
+python3-pyaudio (apt) — for robot_hat.music
+python3-opencv (apt) — for vilib, matches existing libopencv410 system libs
+flask (pip, in-venv) — for vilib's web streaming server
+Verified: import pidog, robot_hat, vilib now resolves to __init__.py, __init__.py, __init__.py respectively.
+
+# Python environment on raspberry PI
+
+In a terminal type 'source .venv/bin/activate' otherwise you will receive a 'no permission' error message.

basic_examples/9_rgb_control.py

@@ -26,24 +26,56 @@
 
 my_dog = Pidog()
 
-while True:
-    # style="breath", color="pink"
-    my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="breath", color='pink')
-    time.sleep(3)
+# while True:
+#     # style="breath", color="pink"
+#     my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="breath", color='pink')
+#     time.sleep(3)
 
-    # style:"listen", color=[0, 255, 255]
-    my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="listen", color=[0, 255, 255])
-    time.sleep(3)
+#     # style:"listen", color=[0, 255, 255]
+#     my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="listen", color=[0, 255, 255])
+#     time.sleep(3)
 
-    # style:"boom", color="#a10a0a"
-    my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="boom", color="#a10a0a")
-    time.sleep(3)
+#     # style:"boom", color="#a10a0a"
+#     my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="boom", color="#a10a0a")
+#     time.sleep(3)
 
-    # style:"boom", color="#a10a0a", brightness=0.5, bps=2.5
-    my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="boom", color="#a10a0a", bps=2.5, brightness=0.5)
-    time.sleep(3)
+#     # style:"boom", color="#a10a0a", brightness=0.5, bps=2.5
+#     my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="boom", color="#a10a0a", bps=2.5, brightness=0.5)
+#     time.sleep(3)
 
-    # close
-    my_dog.rgb_strip.close()
-    time.sleep(2)
+#     # close
+#     my_dog.rgb_strip.close()
+#     time.sleep(2)
 
+
+
+# STYLES = ["monochromatic",
+#     "breath",
+#     "boom",
+#     "bark",
+#     "speak",
+#     "listen"]
+
+# for style in STYLES:
+#     my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style=style, color="white")
+#     time.sleep(3)
+#     my_dog.rgb_strip.close()
+#     time.sleep(1)
+
+
+my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="monochromatic", color="white")
+bps = 2
+brightness = 1.0
+for i in range(5):    
+    my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="monochromatic", color="white", bps=bps, brightness=brightness)
+    print(f"bps: {bps}, brightness: {brightness}")
+    time.sleep(0.5)
+    bps /= 2
+    brightness -= 0.2
+bps *= 2
+brightness += 0.2
+my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="monochromatic", color="red", bps=bps, brightness=brightness)
+print(f"bps: {bps}, brightness: {brightness}")
+time.sleep(0.5)
+my_dog.rgb_strip.close()
+my_dog.close()