FIUS/ceiling-pi

ceiling-pi

This is the code controlling the leds and the music in our room

Installation

There are several libraries needed in order to run the script.

1. The pip installable files are in the requirements.txt file. You can install these by running python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt.

2. Some basic dependencies wich are installable with apt on Ubuntu with sudo apt-get install gcc make build-essential python-dev git scons swig.

3. The library for communication with the leds. A tutorial on how to install the library is found here. The Git library it self here.

Using

Run the app.py file as sudo

Adding animations

Add a file called <yourAnimation>.py to the directory /leds/animations.

The file must import from neopixel import *

This file must also contain 2 functions with the following names and parameters

1. def init(strip, data):
2. def update(strip, data):

strip is the led object on wich the colors can be changed. The data object stores some informations like the total number of leds. What exactly the stored informations are you can look up in led_main`.py in the variable led_state.

Alternatively you can use the blueprints/animationBlueprint.py file which also contains some helper modules.

Service Files

The script is run in a Service stored in /etc/systemd/system/led.services