QMK Firmware Tutorial: coding custom per layer animation effects from source code for the ErgoDox-Ez

Hello there ladies and gentlemen, Today we will be coding a routine for custom per layer animations. This guide is specific to ErgoDox-Ez but should help you understand how the led matrix works and you should be able to apply it to your keyboard.

Here is my ergodox layout featured in the video https://configure.ergodox-ez.com/ergodox-ez/search?q=artiom&legacy=false

qmk firmware https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware

the code we did in the video https://github.com/ArtiomSu/qmk_firmware https://github.com/ArtiomSu/qmk_firmware/tree/master/keyboards/ergodox_ez/keymaps/artiom_no_mouse_youtube

Time stamps: 00:06:14 code config ( config.h and rules.mk ) 00:08:00 keymap.c intro 00:11:54 first flash 00:13:44 disable the 3 leds on the top 00:14:49 customise the 3 leds ( custom boot animation ) 00:17:03 creating our custom animation function ( here the code really begins ) 00:21:48 modifying predetermined colors and some HSV vs RGB explaination 00:28:36 Creating custom keycodes to allow us to toggle rgb 00:31:18 Create our first proper animation 00:34:42 Implement a proper custom delay ( that will allow us to speed up and slow down the animations ) 00:41:04 Change delay using keys ( and delay works properly now so animations play nicely ) 00:49:04 Sequence animation, this is what you came here for 00:56:01 Animate snake 01:03:15 Animate Second layer ( same principle as the first but did it just incase someone is unfamiliar ) 01:10:26 You made it, Thank you for watching

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