Provide a lowest permissible interval time to effects and limit the update rate of selected effects

Author: Lord-Grey

effects/candle.py

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 
 sleepTime = float(hyperion.args.get('sleepTime', 0.14))
 
+# Limit update rate
+sleepTime = max(hyperion.lowestUpdateInterval(), sleepTime)
+
 candles = hyperion.args.get('candles', "all")
 ledlist = hyperion.args.get('ledlist', "1")
 

effects/gif.py

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 grayscale = bool(hyperion.args.get('grayscale', False))
 
 sleepTime = 1./framesPerSecond
+
+# Limit update rate
+sleepTime = max(hyperion.lowestUpdateInterval(), sleepTime)
+
 imageFrameList = []
 
 if imageData:

effects/ledtest-seq.py

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 # Get parameters
 sleepTime = float(hyperion.args.get('sleepTime', 0.5))
 
+# Limit update rate
+sleepTime = max(hyperion.lowestUpdateInterval(), sleepTime)
+
 def TestRgb( iteration ):
 
     switcher = {

effects/ledtest.py

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 testleds = hyperion.args.get('testleds', "all")
 ledlist = hyperion.args.get('ledlist', "1")
 
+# Limit update rate
+sleepTime = max(hyperion.lowestUpdateInterval(), sleepTime)
+
 testlist = ()
 if (testleds == "list") and (type(ledlist) is str):
 	for s in ledlist.split(','):

effects/plasma.py

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 height = hyperion.imageHeight()
 sleepTime = float(hyperion.args.get('sleepTime', 0.2))
 
+# Limit update rate
+sleepTime = max(hyperion.lowestUpdateInterval(), sleepTime)
+
 def mapto(x, in_min, in_max, out_min, out_max):
 	return float((x - in_min) * (out_max - out_min) / (in_max - in_min) + out_min)
 

effects/running_dots.py

@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 sleepTime  = float(hyperion.args.get('speed', 1.5)) * 0.005
 whiteLevel = int(hyperion.args.get('whiteLevel', 0))
 lvl        = int(hyperion.args.get('colorLevel', 220))
+
+# Limit update rate
+sleepTime = max(hyperion.lowestUpdateInterval(), sleepTime)
 
-# check value
+# check value
 whiteLevel = min( whiteLevel, 254 )
 lvl        = min( lvl, 255 )
 

effects/shutdown.py

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ def setPixel(x,y,rgb):
 
 imageData      = bytearray(height * width * (0,0,0))
 
+# Limit update rate
+sleepTime = max(hyperion.lowestUpdateInterval(), sleepTime)
+
 # Start the write data loop
 if initialBlink:
 	for i in range(6):

effects/sparks.py

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 color        = list(hyperion.args.get('color', (255,255,255)))
 randomColor  = bool(hyperion.args.get('random-color', False))
 
+# Limit update rate
+sleepTime = max(hyperion.lowestUpdateInterval(), sleepTime)
+
 # Check parameters
 rotationTime = max(0.1, rotationTime)
 

effects/swirl.py

@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ def getPoint(rand = True ,x = 0.5, y = 0.5):
 def getSTime(rt, steps = 360):
 	rt = float(rt)
 	sleepTime = max(0.1, rt) / steps
-	
+
+	# Limit update rate
+	sleepTime = max(hyperion.lowestUpdateInterval(), sleepTime)
+
 	# adapt sleeptime to hardware
 	minStepTime= float(hyperion.latchTime)/1000.0
 	if minStepTime == 0: minStepTime = 0.001

effects/traces.py

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 if minStepTime == 0: minStepTime = 0.001
 factor      = 1 if sleepTime > minStepTime else int(math.ceil(minStepTime/sleepTime))
 
+# Limit update rate
+sleepTime = max(hyperion.lowestUpdateInterval(), sleepTime)
+
 runners = [
 	{ "i":0, "pos":0, "c":0, "step":9, "lvl":255},
 	{ "i":1, "pos":0, "c":0, "step":8, "lvl":255},