msloth / ambiled

Python app that analyzes the screen and gives the RGB colors at the edges. Feed these into a microcontroller that drives a LED strip for cool effects.

ambiled

Ambiled is a python app that is allows WS2811 and WS2812 RGB LED strips mounted at the back of a TV create ambient light matching what is currently on the the TV. See screenshot.

What do you need?

1. A computer outputting its graphics to a TV
2. Python 3
3. WS2811 and WS2812 RGB LED Strips (with appropriate power supply)
4. A microcontroller that can drive the LED strips

How does it work:

1. Take a screenshot of what is currently on the screen.
2. Rezise the screenshot to the x by y pixels where x is the amount of LEDs in the top and bottom LED strips and y is the number of LEDs on the left and right LED strips.
3. Create arrays of RGB colors for all the LEDs in the 4 strips.
4. Update the LEDs in the strips via a microcrontroller which has the ability to control WS2811 and WS2812 LED strips.