Add support for Dotstar / APA102 Neopixel-like LEDs

[fivesixzero]

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

The APA102, often called Dotstar, is a common multicolor LED, similar to the already-supported WS2182. Instead of a single wire it uses two - a data and a clock. It currently is not supported by Tasmota.

It should be possible to add support for this LED without too much work, since the NeopixelBus library used in Tasmota offers support for them.

• https://github.com/Makuna/NeoPixelBus/wiki/NeoPixelBus-object

REQUESTED INFORMATION

Make sure your have performed every step and checked the applicable boxes before submitting your issue. Thank you!

• [ x ] Read the Contributing Guide and Policy and the Code of Conduct
• [ x ] Searched the problem in issues
• [ x ] Searched the problem in discussions
• [ x ] Searched the problem in the docs
• [ x ] Searched the problem in the chat
• [ x ] Device used (e.g., Sonoff Basic): Adafruit Funhouse Dev Board (developing a template for it)
• [ x ] Tasmota binary firmware version number used: 11.1.0.2
  • [ x ] Pre-compiled
  • [ ] Self-compiled (working on setting up a dev environment)
• [ x ] Flashing tools used: esptool.py
• [ x ] Provide the output of command: Backlog Template; Module; GPIO 255:

  Configuration output here:

21:48:23.369 MQT: test_tas/RESULT = {"NAME":"Funhouse","GPIO":[0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,5411,5410,5409,5408,0,0,1,1,4704,0,0,992,608,640,864,896,832,1,6624,6592,1024,1,0,0,0,0],"FLAG":0,"BASE":1}
21:48:23.595 MQT: test_tas/RESULT = {"Module":{"0":"Funhouse"}}
21:48:23.831 MQT: test_tas/RESULT = {"GPIO0":{"0":"None"},"GPIO1":{"0":"None"},"GPIO2":{"0":"None"},"GPIO3":{"0":"None"},"GPIO4":{"0":"None"},"GPIO5":{"0":"None"},"GPIO6":{"0":"None"},"GPIO7":{"0":"None"},"GPIO8":{"0":"None"},"GPIO9":{"0":"None"},"GPIO10":{"5411":"Button_tc4"},"GPIO11":{"5410":"Button_tc3"},"GPIO12":{"5409":"Button_tc2"},"GPIO13":{"5408":"Button_tc1"},"GPIO14":{"0":"None"},"GPIO15":{"0":"None"},"GPIO16":{"0":"None"},"GPIO17":{"0":"None"},"GPIO18":{"4704":"ADC Input1"},"GPIO19":{"0":"None"},"GPIO20":{"0":"None"},"GPIO21":{"992":"Backlight"},"GPIO33":{"608":"I2C SCL1"},"GPIO34":{"640":"I2C SDA1"},"GPIO35":{"864":"SSPI MOSI"},"GPIO36":{"896":"SSPI SCLK"},"GPIO37":{"832":"SSPI MISO"},"GPIO38":{"0":"None"},"GPIO39":{"6624":"ST7789 DC"},"GPIO40":{"6592":"ST7789 CS"},"GPIO41":{"1024":"Display Rst"},"GPIO42":{"0":"None"},"GPIO43":{"0":"None"},"GPIO44":{"0":"None"},"GPIO45":{"0":"None"},"GPIO46":{"0":"None"}}

• If using rules, provide the output of this command: Backlog Rule1; Rule2; Rule3:

  Rules output here:

Not applicable

• [ x ] Provide the output of this command: Status 0:

21:48:54.216 MQT: test_tas/STATUS = {"Status":{"Module":0,"DeviceName":"Tasmota","FriendlyName":["Tasmota"],"Topic":"test_tas","ButtonTopic":"test_tas","Power":1,"PowerOnState":3,"LedState":1,"LedMask":"FFFF","SaveData":1,"SaveState":1,"SwitchTopic":"0","SwitchMode":[15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"ButtonRetain":0,"SwitchRetain":0,"SensorRetain":0,"PowerRetain":0,"InfoRetain":0,"StateRetain":0}}
21:48:54.232 MQT: test_tas/STATUS1 = {"StatusPRM":{"Baudrate":115200,"SerialConfig":"8N1","GroupTopic":"tasmotas","OtaUrl":"https://github.com/tasmota/install/raw/main/firmware/unofficial/tasmota32-fullrules.bin","RestartReason":"Software reset digital core","Uptime":"0T00:15:22","StartupUTC":"2022-05-13T20:33:32","Sleep":50,"CfgHolder":4617,"BootCount":21,"BCResetTime":"2022-05-13T20:35:23","SaveCount":88}}
21:48:54.254 MQT: test_tas/STATUS2 = {"StatusFWR":{"Version":"11.1.0.2(display)","BuildDateTime":"2022-05-13T14:44:51","Core":"2_0_3","SDK":"v4.4.1","CpuFrequency":240,"Hardware":"ESP32-S2","CR":"439/699"}}
21:48:54.266 MQT: test_tas/STATUS3 = {"StatusLOG":{"SerialLog":3,"WebLog":2,"MqttLog":0,"SysLog":0,"LogHost":"","LogPort":514,"SSId":["jita",""],"TelePeriod":300,"Resolution":"558180C0","SetOption":["0000800B","2805C80001000600003C5A00190000000000","00800080","00006000","00004000"]}}
21:48:54.279 MQT: test_tas/STATUS4 = {"StatusMEM":{"ProgramSize":1153,"Free":1726,"Heap":123,"StackLowMark":4,"PsrMax":2045,"PsrFree":2031,"ProgramFlashSize":4096,"FlashSize":4096,"FlashChipId":"164020","FlashFrequency":80,"FlashMode":3,"Features":["00000809","0FAA85CE","00049FA1","000000C3","00000000","00000080","000000A0","403E8000","04000008"],"Drivers":"1,2,4,5,8,9,10,12,13,16,38,50,52,62","Sensors":"1,2,5,6,127"}}
21:48:54.297 MQT: test_tas/STATUS5 = {"StatusNET":{"Hostname":"xxx2","IPAddress":"xxx","Gateway":"xxx","Subnetmask":"xxx","DNSServer1":"xxx","DNSServer2":"xxx,"Mac":"xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx","Webserver":2,"HTTP_API":1,"WifiConfig":4,"WifiPower":17.0}}
21:48:54.303 MQT: test_tas/STATUS6 = {"StatusMQT":{"MqttHost":"xxx","MqttPort":1883,"MqttClientMask":"xxx","MqttClient":"xxx","MqttUser":"xxx","MqttCount":1,"MAX_PACKET_SIZE":1200,"KEEPALIVE":30,"SOCKET_TIMEOUT":4}}
21:48:54.321 MQT: test_tas/STATUS7 = {"StatusTIM":{"UTC":"2022-05-13T20:48:54","Local":"2022-05-13T21:48:54","StartDST":"2022-03-27T02:00:00","EndDST":"2022-10-30T03:00:00","Timezone":"+01:00","Sunrise":"05:11","Sunset":"20:21"}}
21:48:54.371 MQT: test_tas/STATUS10 = {"StatusSNS":{"Time":"2022-05-13T21:48:54","ANALOG":{"A1":787},"ESP32":{"Temperature":42.4},"TempUnit":"C"}}
21:48:54.386 MQT: test_tas/STATUS11 = {"StatusSTS":{"Time":"2022-05-13T21:48:54","Uptime":"0T00:15:22","UptimeSec":922,"Heap":123,"SleepMode":"Dynamic","Sleep":50,"LoadAvg":55,"MqttCount":1,"Berry":{"HeapUsed":3,"Objects":32},"POWER":"ON","Wifi":{"AP":1,"SSId":"jita","BSSId":"xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx","Channel":6,"Mode":"11n","RSSI":100,"Signal":-48,"LinkCount":1,"Downtime":"0T00:00:04"}}}

• Set weblog to 4 and then, when you experience your issue, provide the output of the Console log:

  Console output here:

Not applicable

TO REPRODUCE

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

None, just a feature request.

EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR

A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

Dotstar data and clock lines should be available for assignment in templates.

SCREENSHOTS

If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.

N/A

ADDITIONAL CONTEXT

Add any other context about the problem here.

I spent some time researching this before submitting here and could only find a single auto-closed issue, #10953, relating to this request so I don't think this issue is redundant. Unless the answer is "no", which is fine, but if that's the case then hopefully the next person looking up this topic can find the answer here. :)

Thank you for your time. :)

(Please, remember to close the issue when the problem has been addressed)

[fivesixzero]

Thanks for moving this to Discussions, @ascillato2. First time I've seen a project actively using this feature. :)