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  Build your own Audiolux One with open-source hardware & software.

  For original guide, see CymaSpace's github repository: https://github.com/CymaSpace/Cymatic-Lighting

  Build Your Own Audiolux One Clone

  Open source Lighting system for Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing to see music & alerts using Arduino & digital LEDs.

  Hardware:

  • Arduino UNO (or other compatible microcontroller)
  • MSGEQ7 Spectrum Audio Shield: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13116
  • Neopixel (WS2811 or WS2812B) Individually Addressable LED Strip: http://www.adafruit.com/products/1376

  Software:

  • Adafruit Neopixel library: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel
  • Arduino IDE: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
  • CymaSpace Cymatic Lighting Software Sketch: https://github.com/CymaSpace/Cymatic-Lighting

  1. Step 1: Connect Sparkfun Spectrum Audio Shield to the Arduino (it will fit exactly onto an Arduino Uno).
  2. Step 2: To quickly get up and running follow the steps in the Adafruit Neopixel Uberguide: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-neopixel-uberguide/arduino-library
  3. Connect the +5V input on the LED strip to the + (positive) terminal on the Arduino/Spectrum Shield, DIN to digital pin 5 on the Arduino/Spectrum Shield, and – (minus or GND) on the strip must connect to a GND pin on the Arduino/Spectrum Shield (there are usually several — any will do).
  4. Step 3: Install Arduino IDE & Arduino NeoPixel Library (again reference Adafruit Neopixel Uberguide for more detailed instructions).
  5. Step 4: Download our software sketch '/Cymatic-Lighting' from Github and unzip the contents into your Arduino Sketches folder.
  6. Step 5: Upload sketch from Arduino software IDE to the Arduino hardware (make sure USB cable is connected to computer if not already!).
  7. Step 6: Plug in a standard 3.5mm audio cable into either audio jack on the Spectrum Audio Shield and the other end into a sound-source (MP3 Player, Phone, “Handimic” Microphone with line level output etc).
  8. Step 7: Play music or make sound and enjoy the visualization on the LED strip.

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