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Fix regression in gravimeter FX - #5893

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The added code mimics the old behaviour where overflow in blending had a different outcome. It is not 100% identical but according to my test it visually shows a similar "colorful" flickering when exceeding the top.

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    • Improved color blending in the Gravimeter effect when blend values exceed the supported range. The effect now keeps the primary blend within its limit and applies any excess as an additional palette color. This helps maintain consistent, bounded blending while ensuring excess values still contribute to the displayed color.

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The Gravimeter effect now caps its blend amount at 255. If the amount exceeds 255, it adds a scaled palette color contribution before setting the pixel.

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Clamp and apply the Gravimeter blend amount
wled00/FX.cpp
The Gravimeter branch caps the blend amount at 255 and adds a scaled palette color for any excess. A blank line was also added after the gravity-counter update.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested labels: bug, effect

Suggested reviewers: softhack007

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Gravimeter can still show a nearly black filled bar at maximum input, contrary to the purpose of this fix. Correct the channel combination before merging.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: fixing a regression in the Gravimeter effect.
Linked Issues check Passed The change addresses #5891 in mode_gravcenter_base() for Gravimeter. It stores segmentSampleAvg * 8.0f in int16_t, clamps the blend value to 255 before converting to uint8_t, and applies the e…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes remain within #5891. The blend handling directly fixes the Gravimeter overflow. The blank-line change is limited to the same function and has no behavior impact.
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The change addresses #5891 in mode_gravcenter_base() for Gravimeter. It stores segmentSampleAvg * 8.0f in int16_t, clamps the blend value to 255 before converting to uint8_t, and applies the excess as a scaled palette color. This prevents the reported conversion from wrapping to a near-zero blend at the bar maximum. Issue #5891 does not require an automated test.

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- Line 6909: Bound overflow to 255 before passing it to fast_color_scale in the
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@DedeHai DedeHai added this to the 16.1 milestone Oct 8, 2026

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- Line 6938: Update the RGBW channel additions at the filled-bar color
adjustment so values above 255 do not wrap to near zero; use bounded addition
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at maximum input.

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CRGBW color = color_blend(SEGCOLOR(1), SEGMENT.color_from_palette(index, false, PALETTE_SOLID_WRAP, 0), uint8_t(blend));
if (overflow > 0) {
CRGBW addColor = fast_color_scale(color, overflow);
color.r += addColor.r; color.g += addColor.g; color.b += addColor.b; color.w += addColor.w; // note: we want colors to overflow so cant use color_add()

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visually shows a similar "colorful" flickering when exceeding the top.

@DedeHai i've checked the look - if I recall correctly, the original "overflow flicker" was a bit more subtle (less flicker-like). But your solution is very close, considering that the code relied on unspecified behaviour of FartLED color blending.

OK to merge 👍

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Gravimeter: bars turn black at full volume (uint8_t(segmentSampleAvg*8) overflows)

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