Refactored visualize.py

Refactored the led shooting_beats effect (now renamed to
radiate_effect). Formatted for pep8 compliance

python/visualize.py

@@ -1,31 +1,25 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
-import time
 import numpy as np
 from scipy.ndimage.filters import gaussian_filter1d
 import dsp
 import led
 import microphone as mic
 
-# Settings for beat detection
-dsp.ys_beat_threshold = 1.8
-dsp.ys_variance_threshold = 0.1
-
-# List of beats currently visible on the LED strip
-visible_beats = np.array([])
 
 class Beat:
-    def __init__(self, pixels, speed):
+    def __init__(self, pixels, speed, direction):
         self.pixels = pixels
         self.speed = float(speed)
         self.zeros = np.zeros(len(pixels))
         self.iteration = 0
+        self.direction = direction
 
     def update_pixels(self):
         self.iteration += 1
         self.speed = max(0.95 * self.speed, 1.0)
         self.pixels = np.roll(self.pixels, int(self.speed))
         self.pixels[:int(self.speed)] = 0.0
-        s = self.iteration / led.N_pixels
+        s = 1.5 * self.iteration / (led.N_pixels / 2.0)
         self.pixels = gaussian_filter1d(self.pixels, s, mode='constant')
         self.pixels = np.round(self.pixels, decimals=1)
 
@@ -33,71 +27,58 @@ class Beat:
         return (self.pixels == self.zeros).all()
 
 
-prev_dir = True
+def radiate_effect(beats, max_speed=3, max_length=24):
-def shooting_beats(beats):
-    global visible_beats
     N_beats = len(beats[beats == True])
-
+    # Add new beat if beats were detected
-    # Settings
-    max_speed = 3
-    max_length = 24
-
     if N_beats > 0:
-        # Fraction of beats that have been detected
+        # Beat properties
         beat_power = float(N_beats) / dsp.N_subbands
-        # Speed
         beat_speed = min(N_beats, max_speed)
-        # Brightness
         beat_brightness = min(beat_power * 255.0, 255.0)
-        # Length
         beat_length = int(np.sqrt(beat_power) * max_length)
-        
+        beat_direction = not radiate_effect.previous_direction
-        # Pixels
+        # Beat pixels
         beat_pixels = np.zeros(led.N_pixels / 2)
         beat_pixels[:beat_length] = beat_brightness
-        beat_pixels = gaussian_filter1d(beat_pixels, 0.5, mode='reflect')
+        # Create and add the new beat
-
+        beat = Beat(beat_pixels, beat_speed, beat_direction)
-        # Create the beat
+        radiate_effect.previous_direction = beat_direction
-        beat = Beat(pixels=beat_pixels, speed=beat_speed)
+        radiate_effect.beats = np.append(radiate_effect.beats, beat)
-        # Assign direction
+    # Pixels that will be displayed on the LED strip
-        # beat.is_left = np.random.random() > 0.5
-        global prev_dir
-        beat.is_left = not prev_dir
-        prev_dir = not prev_dir
-        visible_beats = np.append(visible_beats, beat)
-
-    # Clear pixels and add beats
-    remaining_beats = []
     pixels_L = np.zeros(led.N_pixels / 2)
     pixels_R = np.zeros(led.N_pixels / 2)
-    for i in range(len(visible_beats)):
+    for beat in radiate_effect.beats:
-        if visible_beats[i].is_left:
+        if beat.direction:
-            pixels_L += visible_beats[i].pixels
+            pixels_L += beat.pixels
         else:
-            pixels_R += visible_beats[i].pixels
+            pixels_R += beat.pixels
-        visible_beats[i].update_pixels()
+        beat.update_pixels()
-        if not visible_beats[i].finished():
+    # Only keep the beats that are still visible on the strip
-            remaining_beats.append(visible_beats[i])
+    radiate_effect.beats = [b for b in radiate_effect.beats if not b.finished()]
-        
     # Enforce value limits
     pixels_L = np.clip(pixels_L, 0.0, 255.0)
     pixels_R = np.clip(pixels_R, 0.0, 255.0)
-    # Only keep the beats that are still visible on the LED strip
-    visible_beats = np.array(remaining_beats)
     # Update the LED values
     led.set_from_array(np.append(pixels_L[::-1], pixels_R))
 
 
 def microphone_update(stream):
     data = np.fromstring(stream.read(mic.CHUNK), dtype=np.int16) / (2.0**15)
-    data = np.diff(data)
+    #data = np.diff(data)
-    data = np.append(data, data[-1])
+    #data = np.append(data, data[-1])
 
     xs, ys = dsp.fft_log_partition(data=data, subbands=dsp.N_subbands)
     beats = dsp.beat_detect(ys)
-    # print('Beats:', len(beats[beats == True]))
+    radiate_effect(beats)
-    shooting_beats(beats)
 
 
+# Settings for beat detection
+dsp.ys_beat_threshold = 1.8
+dsp.ys_variance_threshold = 100.0
+
+# Initial valeus for the radiate effect
+radiate_effect.previous_direction = True
+radiate_effect.beats = np.array([])
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     mic.start_stream(microphone_update)