LED Projects

Ambilight TV

Ambilight TV

I have been always amazed by Philips Ambilight TV. Unfortunately they were pretty expensive, and this is why I have looked for an easy cheap solution to be able to create the same user experience. This was my first Raspberry Pi project, and it’s pretty simple and good for beginners. Everything is based on different

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Raspberry Pi Bluetooth LE Controller for WS2812B NeoPixels

Raspberry Pi Bluetooth LE Controller for WS2812B (NeoPixels)

Bluetooth Low Energy (aka BLE/Bluetooth 4.0/Bluetooth Smart) is the most recent incarnation of Bluetooth technology developed by the Bluetooth SIG (the organization that maintains the specification). This communication protocol is designed for applications where data needs to be transferred in small amounts at relatively low speed while consuming low amounts of power (e.g., heart rate

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Raspberry Pi 4x4x4 LED Cube

Raspberry Pi 4x4x4 LED Cube

I’ve been fascinated with LED cubes for a while now, but haven’t been able to bring myself to build an Arduino-based cube. They turn on quickly and nicely, yes, but writing the code is a horrible mess of bits and bytes. The Raspberry Pi’s Python-based GPIO interface was much more appealing (and readable) to me,

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IoT Motion Controlled Servos

IoT Motion Controlled Servos

Secure and reliable real time data streaming is essential for IoT. I’ve seen plenty of demonstrations involving applications or “push button here, LED on over there” type hardware, but a friend and I wanted to make something that was more interactive… a way to almost feel the data stream as you manipulate it. So, we

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