hallowen candle made in 1hr

candle.py

# CANDLE v0.1.0
# Contributors to this file:
#   - twisted_nematic57
# This file is Public Domain

import machine
import rp2
import sys # I don't know why this is needed
import _thread
from time import * # why not `import time`? we'll never know
import random

print("CANDLE INIT: boot") # I cant believe I just wrote a f****** candle at 12 in the night

machine.freq(125 * 1000 * 1000) # Initial low clock due to wireless chip-connected power indicator shenanigans
led = machine.Pin("LED",machine.Pin.OUT)
led.on() # Power indicator
machine.freq(280 * 1000 * 1000) # Now that the wireless chip is out of the way...
print("I AM SPEED")

gpio_red = 14  # Modify these if needed.
gpio_yel = 16  # Any GPIO should work on the RP2040.

red = machine.PWM(gpio_red,freq=1024,duty_u16=65535)

def core1(): # Core 1 handles the yellow LED
    yel = machine.PWM(gpio_yel,freq=1024,duty_u16=65535)
    while True:    
        y_oldfreq = yel.duty_u16() 
        y_newfreq = random.randint(2048,65535) # anything below 2048 sure as heck aint gonna be visible in broad daylight
        if y_newfreq > y_oldfreq: # please excuse this very quickly hacked together memory inefficient sh**, i know this could've been done better.
            for i in range(y_oldfreq,y_newfreq,random.randint(1,3)): # [1,3] chosen specifically because 1 is pretty slow && 4 is too fast to be believable
                yel.duty_u16(i) # the RP2040 core is slow enough such that there is no sleeping needed to make the fading speed realistic.
        else:
            for i in range(y_oldfreq,y_newfreq,-random.randint(1,3)):
                yel.duty_u16(i)
        
        sleep_ms(random.randint(20,200)) # (inter-fade delays)

yel_thread = _thread.start_new_thread(core1,()) # I paid for the whole chip so I'm gonna use the whole damn chip
print("Yellow LED initialized, now starting red LED...")

while True: # Core 0 activities (red LED)
    r_oldfreq = red.duty_u16() # now do the same for red
    r_newfreq = random.randint(2048,65535) 
    if r_newfreq > r_oldfreq:
        for i in range(r_oldfreq,r_newfreq,random.randint(1,3)):
            red.duty_u16(i) 
    else:
        for i in range(r_oldfreq,r_newfreq,-random.randint(1,3)):
            red.duty_u16(i)
    
    sleep_ms(random.randint(20,200))