Here is an example of 5 volt strip on ebay: Make sure you watch what voltage – you can get some that run at 12v. You can score 5 meter strips (with 32 LEDs per meter) from Ebay for less than $90 if you keep an eye out. Keep in mind that this will also eat up a lot of memory and processor time on the Mega (at least you got the mega- regular Arduino328 would be limited to only one of these strips). For this I would recommend going with WS2801 strips and pixels. Individual control is going to cost you about 5 times a much but give a cool effect. You have 2 options here individual control and single color at a time strips. It took me several tries to get what I wanted. That is part of the learning process so do not be put off apparent road blocks.
ARDUINO LED STRIP MUSIC TRIAL
However, you'll have to do some googling, trial and error, and release a bit of magic smoke before you complete this project. I'll list every major component you need to get this working. This is the very same reason I picked up an Arduino 3 years ago - to make pretty lights dance to the music all over my house. I can't help myself but to reply to this thread. Get some little LEDs going on a bread board, and then by adding transistors or relays, you could replace each output with whatever you wanted (flame throwers would be my suggestion) The possibilities are endless! but yeah, i would split it in two, Get the data in, then worry about what you are going to do with it.
The arduino could monitor a "beat" based on listening for a pulse (playing with thresholds?) and flash based on a specific beat at a specific frequency? Or you could influence the colours of some RGB leds based on the frequency? You could write the data from each feed to a bank of LEDs, as in, "more input" more leds light up (like on an equaliser)Īssume you do this for all feeds, you could arrange them in a star shape, so the feeds grow and decrease from the centre of the star, giving different patterns depending on the music (bass heavy would cause it to be weighted to one side or another perhaps?) Second: THEN decide what you want to do with the data.īy applying various sketches to each feed, they could do different things. The arduino takes 5 analogue inputs, so feed each one into each of these. For the sake of conversation, lets reduce this to 5. Ok, im a bit of a noob here myself, but considering how i understand how the arduino works, i would split this into two sections.įirst: get the data into the arduino. If anyone would like to draw up a basic (extremely basic) schematic for the type of circuit that I am trying to build, that would be so perfect. That is the main reason why I would like to try the Arduino setup.Īny help that is provided to me would be greatly appreciated. It is quite simple, and really only reacts to the low end of music. The LEDs then procede to switch on and off to the beat of the music. The audio jack sends the music signal to the transistor, and completes the circuit. I'm sure most of you have seen this setup done online somewhere. It consists of a 12 volt battery, four three volt blue LEDs, one TIP31 transistor, and an audio jack.
I have a small setup at the moment, but it does not include the Arduino. So if someone could point me in the right direction, I would be eternally grateful.
ARDUINO LED STRIP MUSIC CODE
One more thing, though, is I am unsure of what code I would need to use for this either. I am sure you veterans out there could take these supplies and turn it into an awesome looking light show easily, but for a newbie like me, it is like witchcraft. I have absolutely no clue what to wire and what not to wire. Now comes the fun stuff: connecting everything. If there are any parts that you all think I could use, please, include them. I would solder, but I would prefer not to go through the hassle for now. Any advice on a good LED strip would be nice. I am thinking I would rather go digital, as each LED would be programable. MOSFET I am actually unsure why I need this, someone just told me that they are needed.MSGEQ7 Graphic Equalizer Display Filter - MSGEQ7 - COM-10468 - SparkFun Electronics? I am using this to split the music into seven frequencies as to get a better looking light show.In this case, I am using an Arduino Mega 2560 These are the parts that I understand I need to have to set it up so far. What I am trying to do currently is to try and get four strips of LEDs (that is just a starting point for now) lined up at the top of my walls to sync to music. Like having LED strips line the top of my walls lots. The whole reason I am getting into electronics, and more specifically the Arduino, is because of lights.
ARDUINO LED STRIP MUSIC SOFTWARE
I have always been more into software based stuff such as scripting.
Okay, let me start off with this: I am very new to Arduino, and also general electronics as a whole.
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