Draft commit of typing speed RGB control

quantum/quantum.c

@@ -187,12 +187,15 @@ static uint16_t scs_timer[2] = {0, 0};
  */
 static bool grave_esc_was_shifted = false;
 
+uint8_t typing_speed = 0;
 bool process_record_quantum(keyrecord_t *record) {
 
   /* This gets the keycode from the key pressed */
   keypos_t key = record->event.key;
   uint16_t keycode;
 
+  if (typing_speed < 100) typing_speed += 1;
+
   #if !defined(NO_ACTION_LAYER) && defined(PREVENT_STUCK_MODIFIERS)
     /* TODO: Use store_or_get_action() or a similar function. */
     if (!disable_action_cache) {

quantum/quantum.h

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 #include "send_string_keycodes.h"
 
 extern uint32_t default_layer_state;
+//Used in rgblight.c to match RGB animation to typing speed
+extern uint8_t typing_speed;
 
 #ifndef NO_ACTION_LAYER
 	extern uint32_t layer_state;

quantum/rgblight.c

@@ -24,13 +24,15 @@
 #include "rgblight.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "led_tables.h"
+#include "quantum.h"
 
 #ifndef RGBLIGHT_LIMIT_VAL
 #define RGBLIGHT_LIMIT_VAL 255
 #endif
 
-#define MIN(a,b) (((a)<(b))?(a):(b))
+//These conflict with a chained include that comes from including quantum.h
-#define MAX(a,b) (((a)>(b))?(a):(b))
+// #define MIN(a,b) (((a)<(b))?(a):(b))
+// #define MAX(a,b) (((a)>(b))?(a):(b))
 
 __attribute__ ((weak))
 const uint8_t RGBLED_BREATHING_INTERVALS[] PROGMEM = {30, 20, 10, 5};
@@ -628,7 +630,17 @@ void rgblight_effect_rainbow_swirl(uint8_t interval) {
   static uint16_t last_timer = 0;
   uint16_t hue;
   uint8_t i;
-  if (timer_elapsed(last_timer) < pgm_read_byte(&RGBLED_RAINBOW_SWIRL_INTERVALS[interval / 2])) {
+
+  //Improvement: move this code into rgblight_task() so that the typing_speed can be used across all RGB effects, not just swirl
+  static uint16_t decay_timer = 0;
+  if (timer_elapsed(decay_timer) > 250 || decay_timer == 0) {
+    if (typing_speed > 0) typing_speed -= 1;
+    //Improvement(?): decay by a greater rate depending on how big typing_speed is, so you can't reach max speed just by outpacing the regular decay
+    decay_timer = timer_read();
+  }
+
+  //Improvement: make the usage of typing speed more easily configurable, either with a pre-processor toggle or with real-time key toggles
+  if (timer_elapsed(last_timer) < MAX(1, 100 - typing_speed)) {
     return;
   }
   last_timer = timer_read();

readme.md

@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
-# Quantum Mechanical Keyboard Firmware
+# Quantum Mechanical Keyboard Firmware - chrislewisdev fork
+
+## Typing Speed -> RGB Animation Control
+
+This fork of qmk_firmware contains the code I whipped up to make your keyboard's RGB animation speed match your typing speed. As of writing, this is a "first draft" version, aka the simplest implementation I could think of with the quickest/hackiest code. Beware hard-coding :)
+
+Regardless, I'm happy to share the code and discuss improvements with anyone who'd like to contribute. I'll do my best to facilitate it in my spare time.
+
+## Getting Started
+
+My entire change amounts to several lines in `quantum.h`, `quantum.c` and `rgblight.c`. To see the details it's probably easiest if you look at my first commit to this fork which contains all the changes.
+
+I've left a couple of "Improvement:" comments around the code to indicate what I think would make it better or more "production"-ready. These could be good places to start for anyone interested in contributing.
+
+To test it, I've just been using my DZ60 keyboard, building the firmware with `make dz60:default` and flashing with qmk_toolbox.
+
+Below is the original QMK readme:
+
+# QMK
 
 [![Current Version](https://img.shields.io/github/tag/qmk/qmk_firmware.svg)](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/tags)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/qmk/qmk_firmware.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/qmk/qmk_firmware)