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Support for RGBW LEDs like SK6812RGBW #143

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This PR will allow for creating any color using RGBW pixels and strips.
TODO:

  • make it configurable so that RGBW is not the default to minimize bandwidth usage
  • update tests

This is a WIP and I'm placing this PR mostly to communicate what was missing from a previous attempt at this work to get all colors working as expected and to save state of the work.

@@ -261,6 +264,9 @@ void process_command(byte argc, byte *argv){
case PIXEL_COLOUR_BRG:
setColorOrderBRG();
break;
case PIXEL_COLOUR_RGBW:
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@ajfisher I have made some protections within pixel.js to make sure that by default, we send an array with length of 3. We send 4 if rgbw colors are declared at instantiation. I'm going to work on adding similar protection here I think, to make sure all is good within the firmware.I wanted your feedback on this approach so far before I get too into it. Please let me know your thoughts on what I have in the PR to this point. I will also go back and make sure all tests pass within the next few days. Thanks!

@@ -261,6 +281,11 @@ void process_command(byte argc, byte *argv){
case PIXEL_COLOUR_BRG:
setColorOrderBRG();
break;
case PIXEL_COLOUR_RGBW:
isRGBW = true;
color_depth = 4;
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@ajfisher I'm trying to make the value color_depth changable on the fly from 3 to 4. This doesn't seem to be working for me. Can you give me some guidance as to where I can change this value when switching to RGBW?

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